Our Lady of Justice - Aspermont
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WalksfarTX
N 33° 08.381 W 100° 13.706
14S E 385422 N 3667444
The copper sculpture has a green patina and stands atop a concrete and brick base to the left of the courthouse entrance.
Waymark Code: WM11FFD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2019
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Plaque Text:
"Our Lady of Justice" graced the Stonewall County Courthouse from its beginning in 1911, until she was removed from the top of the dome in 1954 and placed on a base where she stood until a new courthouse was erected in 1989.
In 1987, the citizens of Stonewall County contributed funds to have "Our Lady" renovated and placed on a pedestal at the present site on the courthouse square.
Wikipedia
Lady Justice is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are a blindfold, a balance, and a sword.
Lady Justice originates from the personification of Justice in Ancient Roman art known as Iustitia or Justitia after Latin: Iustitia, who is equivalent to the Greek goddesses Themis and Dike.
Lady Justice is most often depicted with a set of scales typically suspended from her left hand, upon which she measures the strengths of a case's support and opposition. The depiction dates back to ancient Egypt, where the God Anubis was frequently depicted with a set of scales on which he weighed a deceased's heart against the Feather of Truth.
Since the 16th century, Lady Justice has often been depicted wearing a blindfold. The blindfold represents impartiality, the ideal that justice should be applied without regard to wealth, power, or other status. The earliest Roman coins depicted Justitia with the sword in one hand and the scale in the other, but with her eyes uncovered.