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The sacred Apis bull predicts the downfall of emperor Germanicus

The sacred bull Apis predicts the downfall of emperor Germanicus:

  • inked pencil sketch on paper
  • loose, adjacent to page 11
  • 37.0 x 22.3 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Germanicus consults the Bull Apis by offering him food' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'the Bull Apis returns an unfavourable answer to Germanicus by refusing to eat out of / his hands' (ink note)

Plato at Heliopolis discoursing on the immortality of the soul with Egyptians and Jews, with studies of scene and Jew

Plato at Heliopolis discoursing on the immortality of the soul with Egyptians and Jews, with studies of scene and Jew:

  • pencil sketches on paper
  • loose, adjacent to page 11
  • 37.0 x 22.6 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Plato at Heliopolis discoursing / on the Immortality of the Soul / with the Egyptians & Jews' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Trial Scene' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Jews' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Greek' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Plato' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Egyptians' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Neath the Great Mother' (pencil note) [continuation of note in Bonomi MSS 41.26 (verso)]

Hourglass design

Hourglass design:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 42.5
  • 14.5 x 15.9 cm
  • [on sketch] 'FUTURE / N - O / PAST' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'FU' (pencil note, erased)
  • [on sketch] 'PRESENT' (pencil note)

Sketches of three scenes: Diana appearing in a dream to sick Arsinoe; man and woman playing chess, with standing man; and the sacred Apis bull predicts the downfall of emperor Germanicus

Sketches of three scenes: Diana appearing in a dream to sick Arsinoe; man and woman playing chess, with standing man; and the sacred Apis bull predicts the downfall of emperor Germanicus:

  • pencil sketches on paper
  • loose, adjacent to Bonomi MSS 42.12
  • 36.7 x 22.6 cm
  • [on sketch] 'No 12' (pencil note)

Personified Wednesday, Monday (Selene/Luna), and Tuesday (Hermes/Mercurius) as classical figures, profile view of heads

Personified Wednesday, Monday (Selene/Luna), and Tuesday (Hermes/Mercurius) as classical figures, profile view of heads:

  • pencil sketches on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 44.5 and Bonomi 44.7
  • 17.2 x 10.8 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Wednesday' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Monday' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Tuesday' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '2' (ink note)
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