Ornament, figure and mise en abyme on Roman sarcophagi

First, I will consider the relation of strigillated columns alongside strigillated panels in a large group of Roman sarcophagi. Then I will move to strigillated caskets with figural mise en abyme (in the case of the image of Narcissus looking at his own reflection), before turning to examine the specific isolation of deity figures (Dionysus and Jesus) in aedicules with strigillated columns at the centre of five panel sarcophagi with bands of strigillated ornament. Finally, I shall return to the theme of ...