Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Statue of Lady Justice blindfolded and holding a balance and a sword, outside the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong. Lady Justice (Latin: Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. [1] [2] Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold. She often appears as a pair with Prudentia.
The portrait-format painting shows a statue of Justitia, or Lady Justice, on a base, which also forms the cornerstone of a stair railing.The statue facing the viewer, which is located in the left half and in the upper half of the picture, has the usual attributes of personified justice with the blindfold and the scales, in the left hand, the sword in the right hand and the classic long robe.
"Lady Justice" holding a 2-pan balance beam scale, and a sword: Statue of Justice, Central Criminal Court, London, UK. The scales (specifically, a two-pan, beam balance) are one of the traditional symbols of justice, as wielded by statues of Lady Justice. This corresponds to the use in a metaphor of matters being "held in the balance".
The woman is holding a pair of scales, as a symbol of justice, but her eyes are closed—a reference to the traditional depiction of Lady Justice wearing a blindfold, but also a suggestion that justice is degenerating into a self-righteous unwillingness to see an obvious injustice.
English: Vector graphic image of scales of justice and a wreath اردو: ویکٹر تصویر انصاف کے ترازو اور ایک پھولوں کی چادر کی Español: Imagen gráfica vectorial de escalas de justicia y una corona
Drawing uncomplicated graphics with a text editor seems more adequate than using a vector graphics program, and will often result in a dramatic reduction of file size. Licensing I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
Lady Justice, Castellania Source Own work Date 4/02/2016 Author ... Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate