Justinian, the Juliana Anicia Codex and the Ravenna Mosaics

© Ruth Dwyer 2014 The fifth installment in the Ancient Symmetria series by Ruth Dwyer. This presentation reveals two new discoveries: 1) that the woman standing next to the Empress Theodora in her Imperial Panel at San Vitale in Ravenna is none other than Anicia Juliana, and 2) that the mosaic flowers and plants in the Ravenna mosaics are not merely decorative. They are in fact medicinal and are the flowers/plants/vines illustrated in the Juliana Anicia Codex (Vienna Dioscorides) of Princess Juliana Anicia. These flowers, vines and plants were necessary for the healing of ailments associated with "Justinian's Plague."