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Johnson Manuscript page, start of text of 'pulchritudines equarum cum feminis coequales' (recto)
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cat. no. 28
van der Meulen, Marjorie, Rubens copies after the Antique (CRLB), 3 vols, London 1994
vol. II, p. 93n6
Jaffé, Michael, Van Dyck's Antwerp Sketchbook, London 1966
vol. II, p. 245
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Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, grey ink: 231.b.”; below that, graphite: “216.a.”; whole page, grey ink, partly transcribed from Jaffé 1966 as it also appears in the Chatsworth MS as well as on earlier folio MS.1978.PG.1.76 (fol. 74): “G púlchritúdines eqúarúm cúm feminis coeqúales / capút non magnúm aút carnosúm / oculi magni et nigri / collúm altum at largúm / pectús valde latum / crines aút iuba longa / Dorsum breve, et planúm herpes[?} / spatiúm laterale ab axilla úsque ad coxam valde breve / brevis aliús venter nec magnús nec parrús, nunqúam deorsúm deficiens / nates [n]o[n] longe aút pendentes sed magne et large dúre carnis / nates t[a]m[en] valde carnose / vulva parva / clúnes fere in eqúa usque ad genúa crassi (qúae sunt femora) / praecipue ab eo latere úbi ventri armectúntúr / pedes [n]o[n] magni sed elevate alte / Primús color púlcherrimús albús criniúm in eq[ui]s feminis / qúi blondús d[icitu]r aút come dicúntur argentae aút aúrae / S[econd]us color fúscús valde niger vel rúfús niger lúcidús / tertiús color rúfús minor niger vel castaneús / 4us color núcis arellanae [sic] / 5.us rufus flavus suboscúre vulpes / 6.us nigerrimus / ceteri cineritii aút mixti colores ignobiles. / fol 232 .a. nariúm púlchritúdo ab eqúis in hoc / fol. 232 .b. ex equo mortuo súspensa nare.”; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “90”. Verso: “virilis fea nee ad labores [...]” [not fully transcribed]; lower left, graphite: “x17”.
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