[PB.16L] [PB.16] 16 [continues from page 16, recto opposite] Pillar E. in plan. between D and F being the entrance to guard house. Guard centre [Capital 22] [diagram] 5 2 a boy the letters in two rows. [cut on the?] tablet thus 6 4 2. a boy with a tablet: and alphabet 7 3 [Ruskin’s transcription] a b c d e f g h 8 2 i k l this size. the g curious 1 (MECUREU9) [Ruskin’s transcriptions] 5. Sitting in a helmet with a sword over puericie P A n x : shoulder Senectuti . dnt MarsPAn. XV. I have copied this doubtful Mercurius, with the hook for the [?] s - the dnt and P an because they 6. he has a book -just like our books. open - occur in all: Selvatico reads this X. as 7. on his knee - his head on hand - in hanging cap. very studious and nice 3 a youth older, with another tablet - the Senicie dnt JupiterPAn XII letters of it [f ?] & the hand of the boy broken. 7. An old man in skull cap,with hands “Adoloscencie” -(the rest defaced)PAn. VII lifted praying: observe in this word. [Decrepite dnt Satn ?] [Ruskin’s transcription] o . for e. Adolos. (usque ad mortem) showing the hooked sign is an S. and Q3 a q. and e reversed 4. A youth with bird on hand and the [~?] is r and -. m or n. “Iuventuti” dnt Sol.PAn. XIX 8. “Utima” (l missed) e mors pena peccati IUVENTUTI DNT -the body lying obliquely on a Iuventuti.DNTmattress with a taselled pillow S O L P AN . XIX: - obliquely -ie . sloped upwards so as to be well seen from below. Done. Done.
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