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Illustrations of Anglo-Saxons in
Prudentius' Psychomachia
'Conflict Of The Soul'
British Library, MS Cotton Cleopatra C VIII, c.1000
Chastity and Lust
folio 07v lowerChastity compelled to fight against Lust
PUDICITIA CONTRA LIBIDINEM ADACIS PUGNAT
folio 08r upper
Chastity hits Lust with a stone
PUDICITIA LIBIDINEM CUM SAXO PERCUTIT
folio 08r lower
Chastity stabs through Lust with a sword
PUDICITIA LIBIDINEM TRANS FIGIT GLADIO
folio 08v
Chastity rebukes the corpse of Lust
PUDICITIA LIBIDINEM EXTINCTAM INCREPAT
folio 09v
Chastity washing her sword in the Jordan River
PUDICITIA GLADIUM SUUM LAVIT IN IORDANE FLUVIO
folio 10r upper
Chastity stores her sword under the altar in the temple
PUDICITIA GLADIUM SUUM SUB ALTARE IN TEMPLO RECONDIT
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