[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)) [Compare] 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)]