Triumph of Catholic Doctrine, 1365-1367 (fresco)

Triumph of Catholic Doctrine (Trionfo della dottrina cattolica), by Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1365-1367, 14th Century, fresco. Detail. Inside some gothic edicules richly decorated with floral and vegetable motives, six female figures sit, who symbolize the holy Sciences; they wear differently coloured long dresses and some of them hold in their hands objects that identify them, like a sword, a globe, the scale model of a church; from left to right one can recognize Civil law, Canon law, Philosophy, Holy Scripture, Theology, Contemplation; at their feet are seated as many masculine characters, famous representatives of Holy sciences, among them an emperor and a pontiff Andrea di Bonaiuto Church of Santa Maria Novella