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Tesseras were a very common means of expressing pacts of hospitality and friendship in the Celtiberian world. Each of the two parts bound by the pact kept half of a zoomorphic figurine, typically made of bronze and decorated with its corresponding related inscription, and made use of them, for example, as in the scene we see: to defend themselves against Hannibal Barca and the Carthaginians, the inhabitants of the Hispanic towns request the help (and grant it) of those who once formalized this unbreakableact of friendship.
(For the historical novel Hannibal's Anger, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri).
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Las téseras eran un medio muy común para expresar pactos de hospitalidad y amistad en el mundo celtíbero. Cada una de las dos partes vinculadas por el pacto conservaba la mitad de una figurilla zoomorfa, típicamente de bronce y decorada con su correspondiente inscripción relacionada, y se sirvieron de ellas, por ejemplo, como en la escena que vemos: para defenderse de Aníbal Barca y los cartagineses, los habitantes de los pueblos hispánicos piden la ayuda (y la conceden) de quienes en su día formalizaron este inquebrantable acto de amistad.
(Para la novela histórica La cólera de Aníbal, Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri).
I have always painted; I had no choice, so to speak.
After more than fifteen years making mainly historical and mythological illustrations for different media in several countries, I feel like a time traveler (with a lot of books and brushes in my backpack) who never stops discovering and learning, and who has the privileged possibility to open for others some kind of illustrated window to the past.
I have also had the opportunity to illustrate many other types of stories, tales, novels (what can be better than a good story?), and I'm exploring new fields to continue ...
This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks. Each art print is listed by sheet size. Our 4 inch prints feature a minimum half-inch margin while larger sizes feature a minimum one-inch margin.
