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ID: 901000790
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000790
Record Type: Named Legendary Thing

Wheel of Fortune (Allegorical theme)

Note: Theme derived from medieval and ancient philosophy, portrayed by a wheel that is spun to effect arbitrary and changing fate.

Names:
Wheel of Fortune (Allegorical theme) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Rota Fortunae (Allegorical theme) (Latin-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme> (P)
........<Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic themes or narratives> (P)
............Wheel of Fortune (Allegorical theme) (I)
Other Relationships:
topic is .... fortune
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... theme
.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... wheel (component)
.....(tool and equipment components, components by specific context, components (objects parts), Components (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Wheel of Fortune (Allegorical theme)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Rota Fortunae (Allegorical theme)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/5029/unknown-maker-the-wheel-of-fortune-french-about-1405/

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