Saturday, May 10, 2014

Vox Populi

In the left image, there are three figures. Here's what's not clear in the EEBO text: Each figure holds a text.

  • The left figure wears a small cap and holds a text labeled "bible"
  • The middle figure wears a low, tri-fold hat, and holds a text labeled "Seruice | book"
  • The right figure wears the same, and holds a text labeled something very unclear, like "Superaſtis - | cimn"
In the right image, there are two figures. There's a Monk standing in front of a stone building. His hair is tonsured, he wears robes, and he has a rosary around his belt. He holds his right hand up, and extends his left hand to the viewer's right. In that direction is a devil. He has crooked horns, a pointed nose, a beard, a pointed tail, and talons for feet. That devil is reaching both hands to the viewer's left, though his right hand holds a black rounded hat upside-down.

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