The second was built by Sulla, but the name of Catulus appears as its dedicator, for Sulla died before it was completed. |
An inscription on the architrave immediately below the figure of Dionysos furnishes the name and date of the dedicator. |
The employment of initials in a dedication was a recognised mark of a close friendship or intimacy between patron and dedicator. |
The initial purpose of the dedication, when it meets our eyes, is to invite us to investigate the private relationship between the dedicator and dedicatee. |
The 3rd movement combines the first name and the last name of dedicator in a single thema developped as a tiento. |
The dedicator has apparently in this place been guilty of a strange misconception. |