Monday, August 13, 2012

Statues of Justitia and Veritas Supreme Court of Canada

These statues of Justitia (Lady Justice) and Veritas (Truth) are located outside of the Supreme Court of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario Justitia, in Roman mythology is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Veritas, meaning truth, was the goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn and the mother of Virtue. Note that Justitia, in this depiction, is not blindfolded.

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