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Abstinentia.
Integrity
EMBLEMA XXXI.
Marmoreae in tumulis una stat parte columnae
Urceus, ex alia cernere malluvium est.
Ius haec forma monet dictum sine sordibus esse,
Defunctum puras atque habuisse manus.
On a tomb, at one side of the marble pillar, stands a water-jug, at the other you can see a basin. This design tells us that justice was pronounced without corruption, and that the deceased kept his hands clean.
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- container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase [41A773] Search | Browse Iconclass
- grave, tomb [4.20E+32] Search | Browse Iconclass
- kinds of non-precious stone: marble [25D12(MARBLE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- relief ~ sculpture «« KEY (321) TO 48 art [48(+321)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- 'Giudice' (Ripa) [44G130] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Incorruption, Purity; 'Puritą' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [57A63(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- jug and basin; wash-basin [41A2415] Search | Browse Iconclass
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