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Imagines Deorum, Qui Ab Antiquis Colebantur

Uni Mannheim: Cartari, Vincenzo (1531 – nach 1571), Imagines Deorum, Qui Ab Antiquis Colebantur: In quibus simulacra, ritus, caerimoniae, magnaq[ue] ex parte veterum religio explicatur…

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Mithridatum and the death of Mithridates

Encyclopaedia Romana: Compendium of quotes on Mithridates and his antidote to poison (thereiac): from Justin, Epitome (XXXVII.2); Celsus, De Medicina (V.23.3); Cassius Dio (XXXVII.13); Pliny (XXIX.24-25); and A. E. Houseman, “Terence, This is Stupid Stuff.”

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Myrte

LIFE: Lit Rabelais Illus. Arobida: “… bien garniz de tous assortemens et foizon d’eau de myrte. (Gargantua, liv. 1, chap. LV)”

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Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms: France, 1500-1575.

NYPL Digital Gallery

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