Fiore Badges of the Art of Defense
Taken from the The "sette spade" diagram from the Pisani facsimile (fol. 17A). (ca. 1350s - 1420s).
The lynx, holding a compass represents prudentia: or prudence. (judgment)
"No other creature is able to look so clearly as me, the lynx / and by this I ever I ever reckon by compass and measure"
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Fiore Badges of the Art of Defense
Taken from the The "sette spade" diagram from the Pisani facsimile (fol. 17A). (ca. 1350s - 1420s).
The lynx, holding a compass represents prudentia: or prudence. (judgment)
"No other creature is able to look so clearly as me, the lynx / and by this I ever I ever reckon by compass and measure"
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