The bride looks in the mirror of Science, Science (Scientia) holds up her mirror again for the bride (Sponsa), who looks into it. Justice (Justitia), Godliness (Timor Dei), Chastisement (Castigatio), Satisfaction (Satisfactio), Penitence (Poenitentia) and Confession (Confessio) watch. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin., Bride (in wedding-dress), Piety, 'Pietas', 'Timor Dei', the Three Theological Virtues, castigation, flagellation, ascetic life (variant), Justice, 'Justitia', 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa), one of the Four Cardinal Virtues, Satisfaction, Contentment, 'Contento' (Ripa), confession, 'Confessione Sacramentale' (Ripa), the third of the seven sacraments, penance, 'Poenitentia', 'Contritione' (Ripa), part of the confession, symbolic representations, allegories and emblems, science, 'Scientia', 'Scienza', 'Studio' (Ripa), mirror, Johannes Wierix (possibly), Antwerp, 1574, paper, letterpress printing, h 90 mm × w 140 mm
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bride looks, mirror, Science, Scientia, holds up, mirror again, bride, Sponsa, looks, Justice, Justitia, Godliness, Timor Dei, Chastisement, Castigatio, Satisfaction, Satisfactio, Penitence, Poenitentia, Confession, Confessio, watch, margin, four-line caption, two columns, Latin, Bride, wedding-dress, Piety, Pietas, Three Theological Virtues, castigation, flagellation, ascetic life, variant, Giustitia divina, Ripa, Four Cardinal Virtues, Contentment, Contento, confession, Confessione Sacramentale, third, seven sacraments, penance, Contritione, part, symbolic representations, allegories, emblems, science, Scienza, Studio, Johannes Wierix, Antwerp, 1574, paper, letterpress printing
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