Anonymous, German, 16th century | Manuscript album of designs for lace and embroidery | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

<strong>Inscription:</strong> On verso of last fly leaf, a row of cryptographic symbols and the words ‘sans varier’ above a couplet in script, reading “Jusques a la mort, vit l’homme e esperance/ Combien que a nul sen donne aucun assurance”

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