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  • The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26679i
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    XL Emblemata miscella nova
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  • Two men walking above a city; representing harmony of religious or political states. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26658i
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    XL Emblemata miscella nova
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  • A dog resting on a bull's straw; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26702i
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  • Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia"; Justice looks down from above. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26697i
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  • Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26660i
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  • Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26694i
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  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26678i
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  • The prophet Elias fed by a raven; representing providence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26705i
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  • Servants taking food to their master; illustrating a scene in Murer's play 'Edessa'. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26706i
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  • A crane inserts its beak into the mouth of a wolf; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    • Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.
    Date
    1622
    Reference
    26680i
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