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A lunula (plural: lunulae) was a crescent moon shaped pendant worn by girls in ancient Rome. Girls ideally wore them as an apotropaic amulet, the equivalent of the boy's bulla. In the popular belief the Romans wore amulets usually as a talisman, to protect themselves against evil forces, demons and sorcery, but especially against the evil eye.

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  • A lunula (plural: lunulae) was a crescent moon shaped pendant worn by girls in ancient Rome. Girls ideally wore them as an apotropaic amulet, the equivalent of the boy's bulla. In the popular belief the Romans wore amulets usually as a talisman, to protect themselves against evil forces, demons and sorcery, but especially against the evil eye. In Plautus' play, Epidicus asks the young girl Telestis: "Don't you remember my bringing you a gold lunula on your birthday, and a little gold ring for your finger?" An explicit definition is provided by Isidore of Seville: "Lunulae are female ornaments in the likeness of the moon, little hanging gold bullae." But in Plautus' play Rudens, Palaestra says her father gave her a golden bulla on the day of her birth. (en)
  • Nella Roma antica, la lunula (plurale: lunulae) era un pendente a forma di luna crescente che veniva fatto indossare alle bambine. L'amuleto aveva la stessa funzione apotropaica della bulla per i bambini. Era indossato dalle bambine fino a quando non si sposavano, come la bulla era fatto da diversi tipi di materiale a seconda del ceto economico a cui apparteneva la famiglia (it)
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  • Nella Roma antica, la lunula (plurale: lunulae) era un pendente a forma di luna crescente che veniva fatto indossare alle bambine. L'amuleto aveva la stessa funzione apotropaica della bulla per i bambini. Era indossato dalle bambine fino a quando non si sposavano, come la bulla era fatto da diversi tipi di materiale a seconda del ceto economico a cui apparteneva la famiglia (it)
  • A lunula (plural: lunulae) was a crescent moon shaped pendant worn by girls in ancient Rome. Girls ideally wore them as an apotropaic amulet, the equivalent of the boy's bulla. In the popular belief the Romans wore amulets usually as a talisman, to protect themselves against evil forces, demons and sorcery, but especially against the evil eye. (en)
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  • Lunula (amuleto) (it)
  • Lunula (amulet) (en)
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