Sibyl – the name of a priestess whose responsibility was
to make known the oracles of Apollo. There
were a great number of legends concerning Sibyl or Sibyls. In Christian
tradition twelve Sibyls were accepted as prophetesses announcing the birth
of the Holy Infant. Their names indicate the place of their origin; they
usually hold a book, though each one may have her own symbols.
See: Andrea del Castagno. The
Camaean Sibyl.
Michelangelo frescoes in Sistine Chapel: The
Sibyl of Delphi, The
Libyan Sibyl.
Raphael The
Sibyls;