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Memento mori.
Matth. 24.
Vigilate: nescitis enim qua hora
Dominus vester uenturus sit.[Bible, Matthew 24:42]

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      A boy leans on a human skull; a small flower is surrounded by the inscription 'Memento mori'
      • (personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilité humana, Fugacité delle grandezze & della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanité (Ripa) [11R5] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • trees (+ stem, trunk) [25G3(+21)] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • (human) skull [31A211] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • sitting on the ground [31A2351] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • head held in the hand(s), with elbows leaning on an elevation or on the knees [31A25312] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • index finger forwards, pointing, indicating [31A25552] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • boy (child between toddler and youth) (+ nude human being) [31D11221(+89)] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • death's head, skull (symbol of Death) [31F11] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ nude) [5(+131)] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • Alertness, Vigilance; 'Guardia', 'Vigilanza', 'Vigilanza per difendersi & oppugnare altri' (Ripa) [52A23] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • 'watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming' ~ doctrine of Christ on the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 24:42-44, 25:13; Luke 12:40) [73C7462] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(MEMENTO MORI)] Search for this Iconclass notation
      • proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(VIGILATE NESCITIS ENIM QUA HORA...)] Search for this Iconclass notation