Ex Libris, Harris Elliott Kirk

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Title: Ex Libris, Harris Elliott Kirk
Contributor: Kirk, Harris Elliott
Description: A scene drawn in red ink. At center is a skull flanked by two pansies upon a wagon wheel. The wheel is stable on top of a butterfly. Above the wheel is a scale; the left-hand side holds the crown and robe of royalty, while the right-hand side holds the patched coat of someone presumably less well-off. On the floor beneath the crown and robe is an urn and two peacock feathers. On the other side, beneath the coat, are two crossed bones and a worn fedora. in the border are three phrases, in three different languages. The left vertical reads Mors aurem vellens, Vivite, ait, venio. The top center phrase reads The keeper of unknown redemptions. The right vertical phrase is in Greek. The bottom center contains the title text.
Extent: 11 cm x 7.8 cm
Language: lat, eng, gre

Access: Public
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