Ink and marker on paper | Dickinson College Commentaries

Uxor image by Juliet Burns

Pen and marker drawing of a woman sitting in front of a vertical loom. She appears to be dressed in a yellow Ionic chiton held together with pins or buttons down the shoulders and arms. Her hair is gathered back along her neck by a red and white ribbon. She holds some of the warp threads of the weaving in her right hand. An image of a ship on the ocean with sail furled can be seen in the completed portion of the weaving. "Uxor" is written in the upper left of the image.

Annotations

Image for the word uxor uxōris, f.

Online Resources

Associated Passages

Type

Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Properties

Agent

Date

2025

Medium

Ink and marker on paper

Image Credit

Tot image by Juliet Burns

Pen and marker drawing of the personified Fama (Rumor). Her skin is light gray and her wings and hair dark gray. Her clothes are also dark gray with folds outlined in dark blue. She is barefoot with small wings at her ankles. The underside of her skirt is visible, upon which several eyes can be seen. More eyes are visible in her hair. She holds a straight trumpet in both hands; the trumpet in her right hand raised to her lips , the trumpet in her left is held partially behind her. Aeneid 4.182–83 is quoted.

Annotations

Image for the word tot.

Online Resources

Associated Passages

Type

Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Properties

Agent

Date

2025

Medium

Ink and marker on paper

Image Credit

Sēcūrus image by Juliet Burns

Pen and marker drawing of a light-skinned person with curly brown hair lying on a bench on a balcony. The sun shines in a blue sky with a few wispy clouds. The person wears a short-sleeve white tunic or chiton with blue bands of decoration at the hem and sleeves. Their eyes are closed and they have a small smile on their face. Their head and feet rest on the flared arms of the bench.

Annotations

Image for the word sēcūrus –a –um.

Online Resources

Associated Passages

Type

Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Properties

Agent

Date

2025

Medium

Ink and marker on paper

Image Credit

Rumpō image by Juliet Burns

Pen and marker drawing of a terracotta-colored vase lying on its side broken into pieces. Five small pieces of varying sizes from the body of the vase are grouped together in foreground. The base and rim of the vase lay behind them broken into two large pieces.

Annotations

Image for the word rumpō rumpere rūpī ruptum.

Online Resources

Associated Passages

Type

Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Properties

Agent

Date

2025

Medium

Ink and marker on paper

Image Credit

Parvus image by Juliet Burns

Pen and marker drawing of a light-skinned young child with curly brown hair, bare-chested, wearing a purple skirt. They kneel facing forward and play with a small toy horse. The horse is mounted on a small wheeled base. The word "parvus" is written in the upper left-hand corner.

Annotations

Image for the word parvus –a –um.

Online Resources

Associated Passages

Type

Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Properties

Agent

Date

2025

Medium

Ink and marker on paper

Image Credit

Occīdō image by Juliet Burns

Ink and marker drawing in two registers. The top register covers one-third of the page and features three silhouettes illustrating a spear being thrown: (1) preparation with spear and right arm drawn back, (2) mid throw, stepping forward, spear overhead, (3) release, right arm outstretched. The bottom register, features dark-skinned, bearded man wearing a green skirt, holding a sword aloft in his right hand. He is collapsing backward, the spear having pierced his stomach. Blood pools beneath him.

Annotations

Image for the word occīdō –cīdere –cīdī –cīsum.

Online Resources

Associated Passages

Type

Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Properties

Agent

Date

2025

Medium

Ink and marker on paper

Image Credit

Humus image by Juliet Burns

Ink and marker drawing of a cross-sectioned landscape. The sky is bright blue with puffy white clouds. The cross section of the ground reveals four layers of earth: the top layer is a reddish-brown with some sparse vegetation, the second layer is an orange-tan, the third is a light tan, and the fourth is dark brown. The roots of one bush penetrate down to the third layer. A few rocks are scattered throughout the second and third layers.

Annotations

Image for the word humus –ī, f.

Online Resources

Associated Passages

Type

Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Properties

Agent

Date

2025

Medium

Ink and marker on paper

Image Credit

Subscribe to Ink and marker on paper