Hans Holbein the younger . Vol. I., Plate 41 SAPOR AND VALERIANDesign for one of the wall paintings in the Basel Town Hall Pen and water-colour drawingBasel Gallery. —I 1 V^\LERIANVS*1AAT — /£ V J COMPLETION OF TWO OF THE WALLS 133 her left hand she holds a torch, and in her right a book with theinscription, Inicium sapiencie timor domini ( The fear of theLord is the beginning of wisdom ). A scroll over the torch bearsthe words, Experiri prius consilio quam armis prestat (It isbetter to try by counsel than by arms). Finally, Moderation * isrepresented as a young woman with long, clinging
Hans Holbein the younger . Vol. I., Plate 41 SAPOR AND VALERIANDesign for one of the wall paintings in the Basel Town Hall Pen and water-colour drawingBasel Gallery. —I 1 V^\LERIANVS*1AAT — /£ V J COMPLETION OF TWO OF THE WALLS 133 her left hand she holds a torch, and in her right a book with theinscription, Inicium sapiencie timor domini ( The fear of theLord is the beginning of wisdom ). A scroll over the torch bearsthe words, Experiri prius consilio quam armis prestat (It isbetter to try by counsel than by arms). Finally, Moderation * isrepresented as a young woman with long, clinging garments, in theact of pouring wine from a large vessel of blown glass into a smallflagon. The admonition in her case runs, Qui sibi plus licere vultquam deceat sue studet ruine (He who wishes to enjoy more thanis his due, acts to his own destruction ). Other inscriptions quotedby Tonjola appear to refer to further paintings, possibly singlefigures only, of which, however, no traces remain. The compositionson the back wall, with subjects from the Old Testament, paintedsome eight years afterwards, are described in a later While Holbein was carry
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