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    Image number: RS.16507

    Vultus legis by Manzius

    Date
    1692
    Creator
    Jacobus Iovaninus, Engraver
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p192
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 257mm
    width (plate): 195mm
    Subject
    Description
    Frontispiece of a book? entitled Vultus legis ('The Fact of Justice') by Ioannes Galeatius Manzius, a professor in philosophy, medicine and anatomy at the University of Bologna.
    Transcription
    VULTUS LEGIS, IOANNI GALEATIO MANZIO BON:

    In the circle is says: IURISPRUD: UNIV: BON: 1692, Docta mei Solis sistunuisse Diem VOS ESTIS FRATRES Duo pondera Lumina Librae

    At the bottom: Spes mihi est Vos inuenturos Fratres GERMANOS Duos GEMINOS, una matre natos, et Patre uno, UNO DIE. Plaut. in Men. sc. ultima a.s.
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