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[M.184L]                                                              [M.184]	Ducal palace S of C.	184
                                                                      
                                                                      		early capitals, and most vilely cut.  No more of the delicate
                                                                      		ornaments occur on these dresses - no fanciful or sharp cutting - all
                                                                      		is heavy, cheap and brainless and the letters above are twice
                                                                      		as large.  This figure points up with the finger of the right
                                                                      		hand;  like the other and has a kind of collar like a man's about
                                                                      		her neck.
                                                                      		4.  a monk in same position with the left hand - begins
                                                                      		Paci - i.e. pacientia, as on the 7th cap.
                                                                      		5.  Desperatio, a woman tearing her hair - or at least
                                                                      		pulling it out {in two  long curls} on each side, utterly without expression
                                                                      		6  Obedientia:  same as the other p obedientia. but
                                                                      		instead of meekness a mere insipid grin on the face.
                                                                      		The dog however is not bad:  sharply enough cut though
                                                                      		and small, with its paws folded in same way over breast
                                                                      		and with the round cattle bells about its neck.
                                                                      		7.  Infidelitas with child's image:  a turbaned figure
                                                                      		staring, utterly devoid of expression.
                                                                      		8.  Modesty, a little better, female - well featured -
                                                                      		with a vase like a coffee pot
                                                                      The Twenty ninth.  The same series as the ninth:  but the
                                                                      		inscriptions clearer:  1 Fides.  2 Fortitudo. taming
                                                                      		Lion ( (virilis (sum virilis or vincisilis?)
                                                                      		3 Temperantia sun inomib2s.

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