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  Nebraska

  EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW. NEBRASKA
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  Vita et Fabulae [Two people in Holy attire converse while there is another person in the middle]

  There is an illustration at the center of the page; above and below this illustration are bodies of text. In the illustration, three men can be observed with the left most people holding a long object in his left hand and wearing a crown on his head. In the center of the illustration is a man of a smaller stature walking towards the right. Towards the right most of the illustration is a holy person pointing towards his right palm with his left index finger while conversing with the other men.
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  Cy apres sensuit hystoire de panphile fille de platee

  This illumination depicts a Greek woman named Pamphile. She is said to have been the first person to pick cotton from plants, which is why she is illustrated picking cotton in the image. There is a spindle and distaff depicted behind her as she is also renowned for having combed and spun the cotton into thread.
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  Jv[an] Lopes de Qvintanilla, Becitador de la Santa Yglecia, Este fue muy Cristianicimo, Amigo de los Pobres y Buena Justicia, Umilde

  This image depicts Juan Lopez de Quintanilla, a pastoral inspector in colonial Peru. He is illustrated in the centre of the image riding a horse, dressed in a coak and hat. He has an indigenous assistant walking on foot in front of the horse. The author praises Juan Lopez de Quintanilla and his services to God and the kingdom. Because many indigenous peoples would try to complain to inspectors about the abuse they received from parish priests, the parish priests would try to hide them away during inspections. This inspector is praised for having punished the priests for their mistreatment of the indigenous peoples.
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  [Cabin boy first sees Brobdingnag]

  In this image we see a cabin boy from Gulliver’s ship first seeing Brobdingnag. He climbs one of two rope ladders up the mast. He waves down to others on the deck to signal his discovery to the others on the ship. The boy is barefoot and wears short pants and a loose shirt. Just below his feet we see the top of one of the sails. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
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  Escapade with a Monkey

  Here we see the scene in which a monkey from Brobdingnag got loose and caught Gulliver. The monkey belonged to a member of the kitchen staff of the King and Queen of Brobdingnag. The monkey found Gulliver’s house and reached in and grabbed Gulliver, carrying Gulliver up to the roof and tried to feed Gulliver.
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  Ieghens des noodts tijt, Wel zoorchvuldich zijt

  A large locust and many ants gather by a tree in the foreground of the image. A town lies in the background. People converse by the houses of the town. A man on a donkey pass by the town.
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  Ferinae, piscium, & reliquae annonae illatio. XXIII.

  A group of Indigenous people carry large baskets of fish, small wild animals, and produce.
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  The Wolf and the Goat

  A wolf who was under the mountain, looked on the top of the rock mountain. A goat who is on the top of the rock mountain also looked down the wolf.
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  [A group of Indigenous people attacks the Tupinambá village called 'Uwattibi']

  A Brazilian Indigenous group attacks the Tupinambá village 'Uwattibi'. The attcking group have arrived in canoes, which are pulled up along the shore on the right. They have surrounded the village and shoot arrows through and over the fence. These men wear feathered headdress and adornments around their waists, most carry bows and have arrows quivers slung around their shoulders, and a few also carry a shield. Several people, both in the attacking group and inside the village, blow into an object, perhaps a wind instrument or blow gun. Inside the village, Tupinambá men stand just inside the fence shooting arrows out towards the attacking group. The women and children in the center of the village run in panic.
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  [Vanity Fair Chapter XXVII Inhabited Initial]

  A figure in oversized clothes and a feather hat stands on a pair of crossed stilts, which form the letter W from “When”.
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  Clélie à cheval traverse le Tibre

  After Cloelia was captured and held hostage with many other maidens and children, she planned and executed their escape. Rather than being reprimanded, she was considered to be very honorable, and was allowed to take with her to be free whichever hostages she chose. She chose the children. During their escape, she found a horse, despite having never ridden a horse before, and used it to help the hostages cross the Tiber river. The image represents this scene, with only Cleolia on the horse in the middle of the river.
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  [The Wives of the Cimbrian Men]

  This image depicts two wives of the Cimbri (a northern Tribe of Germanic roots) being taken by Roman soldiers acting under the orders of the general Gaius Marius. After a battle between the Cimbri and Romans, the wives of the Cimbrian men requested of the Romans that they be made into vestal virgins to maintain their chastity. The Romans declined their request, and to preserve their chastity, the wives killed themselves and their children.
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  [A Lilliputian performer]

  Here we see a Lilliputian performer doing a flip. This performer does a flip and holds a ribbon. This image appears when Gulliver explains performances on Lilliput.
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  [The Old Hound]

  An old man is holding a stick shaped tool in the air and pointing to a field. Two dogs are chasing a deer on that field. There is a third dog standing next to the man ready to run. A fence is built in the background.
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  Be pifcatoze quodam.

  One man fishes with a net with three fish, while another man plays a flute nearby in a boat. There are three fish in the net and one in the water.
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  The Hare and the Hound

  A hound is sitting down in a field, panting and looking up at a man. The man is looking down at the hound and pointing to a hare. The hare is seen in the distance running away.
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  Sémiamira au milieu des matrones romaines

  When Soaemias’ son, Elagabalus, avenged the death of his father Caracalla, he obtained posession of the empire. This meant that Soaemias, despite being a prostitute who was known to have slept with many men, was risen to a much higher respect. So much so that she was called Augusta. She was treated like royalty, which is shocking treatment for a woman who was prostitute. In the image she is seated in a throne, with Roman matrons sitting at both sides of her looking up to her.
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  [a cabin boy first sees Brobdingnag]

  In this image we see a cabin boy from Gulliver’s ship first seeing Brobdingnag. He climbs one of two rope ladders up the mast. He waves down to others on the deck to signal his discovery to the others on the ship. The boy is barefoot and wears short pants and a loose shirt. Just below his feet we see the top of one of the sails. The same image appears in both the 1839 and 1843 Krabbe editions.
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  A most welcome interruption

  Here we see Tom, Maria, and Mr. Yates sitting in the drawing room at Mansfield Park, when Mr. And Miss Crawford came in. The group discussed the play, “Lover’s Vows” that they decided to put on before Sir Thomas came home. This scene occurs in chapter 15. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Maria and Miss Crawford wear the regency style dresses with empire waistlines. Mr. Rushworth, Mr. Yates, and Tom wear waistcoats and tailcoats, with breeches and cravats. 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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  [Gulliver’s crew mutinied and chained him to his bed]

  Here we see Gulliver’s crew chaining him to his bed after they mutinied. Many of his crew died of fever, and Gulliver recruited more men from Barbados. These men then mutinied and chained Gulliver to his bed. They rushed into his room, threatening to throw him overboard if he did not cooperate. Gulliver swore to submit, then they chained him to his bed, and placed a guard at his door. At the first sight of land, the crew dropped Gulliver on land, and left him. In this image we see a man putting a chain around Gulliver’s ankle, while another looks on. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
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  Ontario: St Catherines

  INDUSTRY AND LIBERALITY
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  Huánuco: Marañón: San Buenaventura

  SAN BUENAVENTURA
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  Prologo Las Armas de sv S[enori]a

  This image depicts the coat of arms of the bishops of Peru. The author placed this image before a prologue addressing the priests of Peru on how to act according to their religious duties. The writing inside the coat of arms reads, “en este escudo se a de pintar las armas de los yllustres yn cristos su senoría obispos deste rreyno de cada obispo, y, en muriendo, se borre y se pinte del que biniere de nuebo y su letrero” [This is the coat of arms of the illustrious bishops of Christ in this kingdom of the Earth. And in death, the one who comes again his sign is erased and painted]. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “que se dexe de negocios y use su oficio de sazerdote, la muger que entrare a la casa del padre sea descomulgada y castigada por todas las justicias de su magestad en este rreyno” [he owes business and uses his office as priest. The woman who enters the priest’s house is disgraced and punished by all the justices of her majesty in the kingdom].
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  [How the Indigenous Brazilian warrior women treat captives]

  Two men have been captured by the Indigenous Brazilian warrior women, a group which the author calls ‘Amazons’. The men have been hung upside down by one ankle from a tree, and a fire has been lit beneath them. The women shoot arrows at the hanging men. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 126 verso of Paris, 1557.