Scriptorium by Melissa Range

Author:Melissa Range [Range, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 978-0-8070-9445-7
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2016-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

SOLIDUS OF THE EMPRESS IRENE, AD 797–802

Numismatists know it’s just a coin

despite its name, related to the Latin

for safe—salvus—

and entire—sollus—

for the safety money brings,

for the entirety it becomes to kings,

homeowners, parents, execs,

all of us whose bills are due before our checks.

It’s not an icon, though the gold’s the same

as the gold membrane

surrounding Mary, Jesus, Elijah, John,

all constellated around Irene

on this gray wall, Irene the iconodule,

who made icons the center of her rule

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