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1543

First edition of the Kerver Horapollo.

To signify an impossibility, they represent A MAN'S FEET WALKING ON THE WATER; or when they would signify the same thing differently, they delineate A HEADLESS MAN WALKING. And since these are both impossibilities, they have with good reason selected them for this purpose.

864J. Horapollo (ca 5th century).; Jean Martin (trans., asscr.ƒl. approximately 1553.) Orvs Apollo de Ægypte De la signification des notes hieroglyphiques des Aegyptiens, c'est à dire des figures par les quelles ilz escripvoient leurs mystères secretz, et les choses sainctes et... Continue Reading →

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George Joye (1495-1553) ! too many Ceremonies

189J      Anonymous; attributed to George Joye (1495-1553)   Our sauiour Iesus Christ hath not ouercharged his chirche with many ceremonies.          [At Zijrik] [i.e. Antwerp : Widow of C. Ruremond?], M.D.XLIII. in Febru. [1543]                                  $11,000 Octavo,   First and only... Continue Reading →

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