Lot Essay
Janus; a Roman God, guardian of door and gateways to dwellings and cities, hence the two addorsed faces looking forward and back. The head of Janus surmounted the ancient Roman 'term', a pillar marking the boundary of a property. He was also the God of beginings, invoked at the start of an enterprise, the beginning of a month or year (hence January), and therefore regarded as playing a part in the creation of the world.