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EMBLEMA XXXIII.
Stercora quod porcis, asinis quod carduus, hoc est
Barbaries nostris asinis porcisque Magistris.[1]
As dung to pigs, as a thistle to donkey, such is savageness to Magistri, our donkeys and pigs.
Notes:
1. Magistri are Scholastics, theologians within the Roman Catholic tradition, a criticism of vain theology.
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- animals eating and drinking ®® KEY (45) TO 25F animals [25F(+45)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- ass, donkey [46C13142] Search | Browse Iconclass
- birds [25F3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- excrement, dung of animal(s) [25F(+4591)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- flying animal(s) ®® QUEUE OF KEY (5262) TO 34(+9) zoological aspects of animals ~ man and animal [34(+95262)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- groups of trees [25G11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- low hill country [25H114] Search | Browse Iconclass
- pig [47I212] Search | Browse Iconclass
- plants and herbs (with NAME) [25G4(THISTLE)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Cruelty, Ferocity; 'Crudeltà', 'Ferocità' (Ripa) [57AA91] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Ignorance; 'Ignoranza', 'Ignoranza di tutte le cose', 'Ignoranza in un ricco senza lettere' (Ripa) [52AA5] Search | Browse Iconclass
- teacher, professor «« KEY (3) TO 49B scholastic education, tuition [49B(+3)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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