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Lexicography may seem to be nothing more than drudgery. However, there are many unexpected treasures waiting to reward the researcher. The context of 'pictura doctoricia' (instructive painting) in the 'translatio Severini' written in 902 by deacon John of Naples illustrates the authority of images and the function of iconography. The same theme recurs in the legend of the emperor Constantine and Pope...