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Sic transit gloria mundi

Pedro Marcuello, Devotional of the Queen Dª Juana (1482-1502) Representation of the Catholic kings Ferdinand II (1452-1516) and Isabella 1st of Castile (1451-1504) holding a boot of wild fennel. Manuscript page taken from the " Collection of devotion of Queen Joan the Folle (1479-1555) of Spain" by Pedro Marcuello (" Devocionario de la Reyna Da Juana a Quien Llamaron la Loca" ) 15th century

Captain Thomas Williams and Francis Blagdon from "The European in India", illustration by Charles D'Oyly, 1813