Plate 70: Worm, Centipede, Millipede, and Other Long Creatures, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Vol.II, Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra)

Medium

watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum

Dimensions

page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

Accession Number

1987.20.6.71

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in blue/black ink: Cum moritur homo h[a]ereditabit serpentes / Et bestias et VERMES.Ecc[us].10. (“For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents and beasts and worms.” Ecclesiasticus 10:13) (Latin Vulgate Bible); center right in brown ink: LXX.; worm in image numbered .1., in red ink
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Humilia valde spiritum tuum quoniam vindicta / carnis impii ignis et vermis.Ecc:7: (“Be very humble, because the punishment of the ungodly is fire and worms.” Ecclesiasticus 7:19) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in red ink: Stellae non sunt mundae in conspectu eius: quanto magis / Homo putredo: et filius hominis vermis. Job: 25. (“The stars are not pure in his sight. How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?” Job 25:5-6) (Latin Vulgate Bible)