[PB.16L] [PB.16] 16
[continues from page 16, recto opposite] Pillar E. in plan. between D and F being
the entrance to guard house. Guard centre [Capital 22]
[diagram]
5 2 a boy the letters in two rows. [cut on the?]
tablet thus
6 4
2. a boy with a tablet: and alphabet
7 3
[Ruskin’s transcription] a b c d e f g h
8 2 i k l this size. the g curious
1 (MECUREU9)
[Ruskin’s transcriptions]
5. Sitting in a helmet with a sword over puericie P A n x :
shoulder Senectuti . dnt Mars
P An. XV. I have copied this doubtful Mercurius, with the hook
for the [?] s - the dnt and P an because they
6. he has a book -just like our books. open - occur in all: Selvatico reads this X. as 7.
on his knee - his head on hand - in hanging
cap. very studious and nice 3 a youth older, with another tablet - the
Senicie dnt Jupiter P An XII letters of it [f ?] & the hand of the boy broken.
7. An old man in skull cap,with hands “Adoloscencie” -(the rest defaced) P An. VII
lifted praying: observe in this word.
[Decrepite dnt Satn ?] [Ruskin’s transcription] o . for e. Adolos.
(usque ad mortem) showing the hooked
sign is an S. and Q3 a q. and e reversed 4. A youth with bird on hand
and the [~?] is r and -. m or n. “Iuventuti” dnt Sol. P An. XIX
8. “Utima” (l missed) e mors pena peccati IUVENTUTI DNT
-the body lying obliquely on a Iuventuti. DNT
mattress with a taselled pillow S O L P AN . XIX:
- obliquely -ie . sloped upwards so
as to be well seen from below. Done.
Done.
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