blackpaint20:Inevitability of DeathSurrounded by poetry about virtue and the inevitability of death,
blackpaint20:Inevitability of DeathSurrounded by poetry about virtue and the inevitability of death, topped with a line from Ecclesiasticus 7:40 from the Latin VulgateIn attempting to translate the poem, I have learned a bit about scribal abbreviations. Yay…-incolumem poteris florem servare pudorissi speculum fuerit mortis imago tuum.nam vitium si vis virgo vitare, supremampectore solicito saepe revolve diem.-You will be able to preserve the flower of chastity unharmedif the image of death will have been your mirror.For if you wish, maiden, to avoid vice,think often of the final day with an anxious heart. -- source link
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