Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Acknowledgements xx
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Images of Justice 32
7. 2 The paradoxes of Lady Justice’s blindfold 70
8. 3 Lady Justice’s fingers: gesture and meaning 106
9. 4 Lady Justice’s posture: sitting, standing or walking? 138
10. 5 Lady Justice and the judge’s body: maimed hands, bare knee 185
11. 6 Justitia’s body movements: a sensual lesson in symbolic fascinatio 228
12. 7 Lady Justice’s fragility 275
13. Epilogue: why has Lady Justice survived until now? 318
14. Bibliography 337
15. Index nominum 361
16. Index rerum 367