Adspectus Incauti Dispendium
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| - | ''[[Adspectus Incauti Dispendium]]'' (1601) is a woodblock page from the ''[[Veridicus Christianus]]''. The woodblock depicts "a house in the shape of a head, with a skeleton climbing up a ladder through a window, and is accompanied by captions in Latin, Flemish and French."[http://www.jlbaroni.com/gallery/arcimboldo-an-allegory-of-death-p-1095.html] | + | ''[[Adspectus Incauti Dispendium]]'' (1601)[http://archive.org/stream/veridicvschristi00davi#page/n372/mode/1up] is a woodblock page from the ''[[Veridicus Christianus]]''. The woodblock depicts "a house in the shape of a head, with a skeleton climbing up a ladder through a window, and is accompanied by captions in Latin, Flemish and French."[http://www.jlbaroni.com/gallery/arcimboldo-an-allegory-of-death-p-1095.html] |
| The Latin inscription, which also serves as a chapter heading, reads ‘Quid, qui emissitios nusquam non iactat ocellos? / Hoc agit, vt pandas mors inuolet atra fenestras.’. The French caption reads ‘Qui laisse s’esbatre / Sa veue folatre / Quel malheur l’attend? / La mort aeternelle / Par ces trous eschelle / L’ame, et la surprend.’[http://www.jlbaroni.com/gallery/arcimboldo-an-allegory-of-death-p-1095.html] | The Latin inscription, which also serves as a chapter heading, reads ‘Quid, qui emissitios nusquam non iactat ocellos? / Hoc agit, vt pandas mors inuolet atra fenestras.’. The French caption reads ‘Qui laisse s’esbatre / Sa veue folatre / Quel malheur l’attend? / La mort aeternelle / Par ces trous eschelle / L’ame, et la surprend.’[http://www.jlbaroni.com/gallery/arcimboldo-an-allegory-of-death-p-1095.html] | ||
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Adspectus Incauti Dispendium (1601)[1] is a woodblock page from the Veridicus Christianus. The woodblock depicts "a house in the shape of a head, with a skeleton climbing up a ladder through a window, and is accompanied by captions in Latin, Flemish and French."[2]
The Latin inscription, which also serves as a chapter heading, reads ‘Quid, qui emissitios nusquam non iactat ocellos? / Hoc agit, vt pandas mors inuolet atra fenestras.’. The French caption reads ‘Qui laisse s’esbatre / Sa veue folatre / Quel malheur l’attend? / La mort aeternelle / Par ces trous eschelle / L’ame, et la surprend.’[3]
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