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Wilson Dizard III

@wpd3.bsky.social

The Holy Trinity (Trinità Trifronte) Fresco detail, 14thC
Atrium of the Basilica of San Pietro, Perugia
This late-medieval fresco depicts the Vultus trifrons), a visual metaphor for the Christian dogma of the Trinity. Such anthropomorphic images were banned by Pope Urban VIII in 1628.

October 25, 2026 at 6:37 PM

Patrick Kapty

@patrickkapty.bsky.social

Celtic Three-Headed Deity
carved limestone, traces of polychromy
c. 200 CE
Gallo-Roman culture
France

#handmade #carved #limestone #relief #pigments #polychromy #GalloRoman #culture #Celtic #threeheaded #deity #trifrons #Lugus #god #allseeing #trinity #ancientart #art #France #Reims #cityofkings

Rare limestone bust depicting a Celtic three-headed (trifrons) deity. The bearded face with narrow, straight mouths, long nose and four bulging, almond-shaped eyes. The central face shares each eye with the neighbouring faces. The beard is drilled to depict curls. The back is rough which suggests that the bust was part of a very sculptural relief. Three-headed deities as the present one were found especially in Gaul. See for reference the column and the trifrons Faubourg de Laon in the museum of Reims. The busts most probably represents the Celtic god Lugus. The Celts’ tendency to imagine gods in triads could explain the trifrons. It also stands for the Celts as a symbolic expression of an all-overlooking deity. In any case busts like this are the predecessor of the Christian Holy Trinity. With some color remains. Possibly from the region of Reims.

October 12, 2026 at 3:23 PM

ᙎOᗫᙓᙎOᖇᙏ🔻

@wodeworm.bsky.social

merely tolerated

Vultus Trifrons or rather the unholy marriage the serpent wears attop its bro, the eye whites seek to control

August 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM

Dazzeld By Art

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Vultus trifrons or an Allegory of Prudence - Pacio Bertini da Firenze#painting #art #artist #oilpainting #paint #museum #artgallery #traditionalart #blueskyart

August 21, 2026 at 11:02 PM

Dazzeld By Art

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Vultus trifrons or an Allegory of Prudence - Pacio Bertini da Firenze#painting #art #artist #oilpainting #paint #museum #artgallery #traditionalart #blueskyart

July 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM

Dazzeld By Art

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Vultus trifrons or an Allegory of Prudence - Pacio Bertini da Firenze#painting #art #artist #oilpainting #paint #museum #artgallery #traditionalart #blueskyart

February 20, 2026 at 11:34 PM

Dazzeld By Art

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Vultus trifrons or an Allegory of Prudence - Pacio Bertini da Firenze#painting #art #artist #oilpainting #paint #museum #artgallery #traditionalart #blueskyart

January 8, 2026 at 6:01 AM

Dazzeld By Art

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Vultus trifrons or an Allegory of Prudence - Pacio Bertini da Firenze#painting #art #artist #oilpainting #paint #museum #artgallery #traditionalart #blueskyart

December 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Dazzeld By Art

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Vultus trifrons or an Allegory of Prudence - Pacio Bertini da Firenze#painting #art #artist #oilpainting #paint #museum #artgallery #traditionalart #blueskyart

March 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM

Dazzeld By Art

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Vultus trifrons or an Allegory of Prudence - Pacio Bertini da Firenze#painting #art #artist #oilpainting #paint #museum #artgallery #traditionalart #blueskyart

February 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM

Dazzeld By Art

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Vultus trifrons or an Allegory of Prudence - Pacio Bertini da Firenze#painting #art #artist #oilpainting #paint #museum #artgallery #traditionalart #blueskyart

February 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM

Will Thompson

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Dégustation time! Grinning Soul (6.5), Trifrons (8.7), Daddy Brew Rouge (9.5), Double Mash (13). #BskyBeer

June 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM

oppie

@opiologia.bsky.social

chapar hoje até me ver como o vultus trifrons no espelho

March 29, 2026 at 11:52 PM

R. Lehman Collection

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Vultus trifrons or an Allegory of Prudence https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/461182

May 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM

Suave Morbida

@maitre-poulard.bsky.social

Ça me rappelle ce vieux tweet

Suave Morbida @Maitre.. ·14 mai 24: Malgré leur interdiction au XVlle siècle par les églises d'Orient et d'Occident, on trouve encore des vultus trifrons (figuration triface de la Trinité) dans les confins du monde chrétien (Trinité de Tobolsk, 1729
Trinité de Lima, c. 1760)

Icône de la Trinité de Tobolsk, 1729
Les trois visages sont fusionnés

La Trinité de Lima (école de Cuzco, c. 1760)

April 25, 2026 at 6:10 PM

I. B. Loud IVXX

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Nyx : He is NOT Trifrons
a cosmic power, different aspects of divinity, or dominion over world
Triglav (ruler of realms)
Dattatreya (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva)

Shiva : a smiling female (creator), a benign male (protector), and a violent male (destroyer)

Mortis : He is Cerberus - not a friend