A laurel branch and a palm branch occupied by a snake and a dove; representing success when cunning (the snake) is allied to simplicity (the dove). Woodcut and letterpress, 1621.

  • Taubmann, Friedrich, 1565?-1613.
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1621
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567443i
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The device is a paraphrase of Matthew 10.16 "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." Thomas Crenius, loc. cit, cites "Frideric. Taubmannus: "Simplicitas astu bene fermentata triumphat." as being a hexameter paraphrase of Matthew 10.16, 'Estote prudentes, sicut serpentes, & simplices, sicut columbae'. Taubmann was one of the commentators in this edition of Plautus

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[Wittenberg] : Apud Zachariam Schurerum, bibliopol, 1621.

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1 print : woodcut ; image 6.7 x 6.7 cm

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M. AccI Plauti comoediae : ex recognitione Jani Gruteri qui bona fide contulit cum MSS Palatinis. Accedunt commentarii Fridrici Taubmanni auctiores ; item indices rerum & verborum necessarii. Simplicitas astu bene fermentata triumphat.

References note

Thomas Crenius, Animadversiones philologicae et historicae, part XI, Leiden: A Vander Mijn, 1702, p.138,

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Wellcome Collection 567443i

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