Sylvae sacrae monumenta factioris philosophie quam severa anachoretarum disciplina vitae et religio docuit (copy)

Maker

(artist)
1532-1603

(engraver)
ca. 1555-ca. 1612 (Life dates)

Title

Dimensions

Height: 14.9 cm
Width: 18.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2642.1

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: centre, within image: “MONVMENTA / factioris philoSophie / quam severa / ANACHORETARVM / diSciplina vitae et religio / docuit. //”; lower centre, within image: “MORTVI VIVIMVS //”; lower centre, within image (on book): “PRECA / TIO. //”; lower centre, within image (on rock): “Abstinentia //”; lower centre, within image: “Thomas de Leu. excu. //”; lower right, within image: “Mart. de Vos fig. //”; lower margin: “SYLVAE SACRAE / Hos memores Christi poenarum toedet amasse / Illecebras mundi jamque patrata piant. / Sicpeccata fugant fugientes anSam, / Eprecibus fusis regna parata petunt. //”.

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