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  Veturia romana matrona

  An old noble Roman woman named Veturia is depicted on the left side of the engraving with her daughter-in law and grandchild beside her. She is illustrated pointing at the man on the right side of the engraving. This man is her son, Coriolanus. Boccaccio explains that after Coriolanus had been exiled from Rome for neglecting the plebian class, he planned an attack on Rome. Veturia, with the help of her daughter-in-law (Volumnia) and grandchild, went to speak with Coriolanus at his camp and convinced him to not go through with the attack. Boccaccio explains that he decided to write on Veturia for her honour as a mother and a woman.
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  Florida: Panama City

  CITY OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA
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  The Drunken Husband

  A drunk man lays on the ground while reaching out with his left hand towards a woman who approaches him with a platter of food. They are inside of a tomb, an underground cemetery, which is lit up by a single flame coming from a candle on the wall. The man and woman are husband and wife.
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  [Act II – Calisto and Pármeno]

  This image depicts Calisto and Pármeno. On the left we see Calisto, who is dressed in noble attire and has a sword mounted on his belt. On the right we see Pármeno pointing upward. His clothing is far less ornate than that of Calisto, which is is illustrative of his status as one of Calisto’s servants. Like Calisto, he also has a sword mounted on his belt. They are both wearing hats and standing outside.The entire image is nearly identical to the one found on page 190 of the text (where the right panel is labeled ‘Sosia’). The left panel is identical to those found on pages 8, 162, and 196. The right panel is identical to those found on pages 105 and 135, and nearly identical to the one found on page 221 (where it is labeled ‘Sosia’).
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  [Vanity Fair Volume II. Chapter XII Inhabited Initial, A]

  A winged and horned devil leans over a wall. Against the wall lean two large forks with a crown floating between them to form the letter A from All.
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  Be lupo et vulpe.

  A fox and a wolf are gathered with a being covered in fur holding some type of stick.
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  Maryland: Cecil County

  CECIL COUNTY 1674
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  Be Viatoze et Alumno

  Description: A man is clasping his hands and bowing as he speaks to a satyr. The satyr is holding a vase listening to the man.
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  ‘And I am a hard woman – impossible to put off’

  After fleeing Thornfield, Jane arrived in the Moors of England. She then became the schoolmistress of the Morton school, a position to which she was appointed by Mr. Rivers. He then informed her that Mr. Briggs, a lawyer from London was looking for her, because she inherited twenty-thousand pounds from her uncle in Madeira. She then found out that Mr. Rivers and his sisters Diana and Mary were really her cousins. Jane decided in that instant that she wanted to share the money with her cousins. Mr. Rivers tried to convince her to wait a few days to make that decision, however, she said that she would not change her mind and that her decision was final.
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  [a method of coding using acrostics by scholars at the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi]

  Here we see the letter N with people surrounding it. The letter N using a method of coding developed by scholars at the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi signifies the word plot. This image comes in a description of a conspiracy found by a professor from the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi. This conspiracy is thought to be an allusion to the trial of Francis Atterbury, the bishop of Rochester for allegedly plotting with the Jacobites. Atterbury was charged with treason in 1722 and was exiled to France. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
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  De Semiramide Regina Assyriorum

  Queen Semiramis of Assyria, perhaps the original inventor of chastity belts, sits with two women on the left of the scene. She often successfully dressed as her son, as they shared many similarities both in appearance and voice, to be able to participate in battle. Her son, which was her in disguise, was celebrated for this, as seen in the statue that depicts her dressed as her son, but she was chastised for being promiscuous in her female identity.
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  De Leone Et Mure Fabula XVIIII.

  There is a lion with its tail between its legs and seems to have a rope tied to it. The left front paw of the lion is pinning down a mouse. In the forefront of the image there is mouse chewing on the rope that is trapping the lion.
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  [Person Gutting Bird]

  A person is seen gutting a bird with a knife. Another bird is watching as the dead bird is being opened by the knife.
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  Massachusetts

  SIGILLUM REIPUBLICAE MASSACHUSETTENSIS. ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SVB LIBERTATE QVIETEM
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  [Gulliver leaves the Country of the Houyhnhnms]

  Here we see Gulliver waving to the Houyhnhnms he lived with during his time on the Country of the Houyhnhnms as he sails away. The Council of the Houyhnhnms told his master that Gulliver either had to live with the yahoos or return to Europe but could not live with the Houyhnhnms any longer. Gulliver was shocked by this, and decided he had to leave rather than live with the yahoos. Gulliver sails away in a small sailboat that he built with the help of the Sorrel Nag during his last two months in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
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  [Gulliver rides home after returning to England from Brobdingnag]

  Here we see Gulliver riding on a horse after arriving in England. He waves people out of the way as he rides home. He writes that he felt as though he were on Lilliput because everything felt so small. Thus, he waves people out of the way, fearing he might trample people. Naturally, he received several strange looks from people walking along the road, which can be seen in the image. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
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  [Gulliver and the giant farmer from Brobdingnag]

  This image is a depiction of Gulliver and the giant farmer who shelters Gulliver in Brobdingnag. The farmer carries a scythe to indicate his position. The image is a part of Swift’s biography which precedes Part One of Gulliver’s Travels.
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  Cajamarca: San Miguel: Llapa
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  [Vanity Fair Volume I. Chapter XXXIV Inhabited Initial, T]

  A boy with short curls and a girl with long ringlets and oversized ribbons walk towards each other on tiptoes, both smiling. Between and above them is a large letter T, from The.
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  [a female yahoo flirts with the males]

  Gulliver’s master explained various aspects of the Yahoos that lived in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. He told Gulliver that female yahoos would sometimes stand behind a bush to watch the males, who would later approach her. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
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  Colonel Brandon was invited to visit her

  Here we see Marianne sitting in a chair with Elinor standing behind her and Colonel Brandon holding her hand. Elinor and Marianne left London with Mrs. Jennings to go to Cleveland, the estate belonging to Mrs. Jennings' daughter and son-in-law, the Palmers. Marianne spent most of her time going for walks, and one day she was caught in a storm and got her feet wet. This resulted in her becoming quite ill, developing an infection. She spent several days sick in bed, culminating in a night where she was overcome with a terrible fever. Elinor was very concerned and sent Colonel Brandon to fetch her mother from the cottage near Barton Park. Marianne was given medicine by the apothecary in town and her fever broke and she recovered quickly. Once she had begun to feel better, Marianne asked to see Colonel Brandon to thank him for going to Barton Cottage to fetch her mother. This scene appears in chapter 46 as indicated underneath the image. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style, as Elinor wears the regency style dress with an empire waist. Her hair is worn tied up, as was tradition for women after their coming out before the queen, signaling her entrance into society. Marianne sits in a chair with a shawl wrapped around her shoulders. Colonel Brandon wears a tailcoat and knickers that stop at the knee. The regency period dated to the early nineteenth century (1811-1820) when George, Prince of Wales, later George IV (r. 1820-1830), reigned as regent for his mentally ill father, King George III (r. 1760-1820). The regency period is associated with the rise of neoclassicism in art and fashion.
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  Chuquisaca: Tomina: Padilla

  PADILLA
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  De Sulpicia dueña muy noble

  This engraving depicts Sulpicia, a woman renown for her chastity, consecrating a statue of Venus. Sulpicia is depicted on the left side of the engraving with her hands reaching out towards the nude statue of Venus. We know that these figures are Sulpicia and Venus as their names are engraved above their heads. There are doves flying above the statue of Venus as dove’s are known to be one of many symbols of the goddess. There is a group of women depicted behind Sulpicia as they were all chosen as some of the most chaste women of their time, and they all voted for Sulpicia to be the one to consecrate the statue.
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  Comme les esclaues fouillent & font fondre la mine.

  Enslaved Indigenous people work at a mine near the mountain Potosí (Thevet described the mountain as being on an island near Cuba, but it was really a mining town in Upper Peru founded in 1545). Some of the Indigenous people mine the ore using hoes, then others carry it in baskets on their backs to a large kiln-like structure where the ore is smelted. A European man wielding a club supervises them and stands poised to swing the club. Large numbers of enslaved and indentured Africans and Indigenous South Americans died working in the silver mines of Potosí. Potosí is found in present-day Bolivia, where silver is still mined. This image is identical to one found on page 984 verso of Paris, 1575 (l’Huillier).
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  [Leontium Standing with a Man in a Brothel]

  This illustration depicts Leontium in an embrace with a man in her brothel chamber. Boccaccio explains that Leontium was an intellectual and scholar and became renowned for criticizing and speaking against certain philosophers of her time and was a philosopher herself. There are books in the background of the illustration to symbolize her intellectual life. Boccaccio believes her fame was hindered by becoming a prostitute.