[Exiccatur foenum, et cadit flos] [49]

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- Man in Roman cuirass (Adam?) slain by sword, lying under a broken tree trunk in: Surge [2] (in: Georgette de Montenay/Anna Roemer Visscher, Cent emblemes chrestiens (c. 1615))
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Man in Roman cuirass (Adam?) slain by sword, lying under a broken tree trunk in:
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Two naked boys, one with a book and the other with a torch and censer in front of the inscription 'Verbum Dei' with a candle on top- God's perfections
[11A23]

- devotion, piety; 'Divotione' (Ripa)
[11Q0]

- censer
[11Q71428]

- 'Vanitas' symbols
[11R7]

- boy (child between toddler and youth) (+ nude human being)
[31D11221(+89)]

- smoke
[41B162]

- candle (+ kindling a light; lit, burning light, lamp, candle)
[41B31(+1)]

- torch (+ kindling a light; lit, burning light, lamp, candle)
[41B32(+1)]

- book - MM - book open
[49MM32]

- Mercy, Compassion; 'Compassione', 'Misericordia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[57A75(+4)]

- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(EXICCATUR FOENUM ET CADIT FLOS ...)]

- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(VERBUM DEI)]

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