IN CIBVM FEL IN SITIM ACE
TVM DEDERVNT HANC
IN HOSPITALITATIS MOSTR
ABVNT MENSAM; TEMPLI
VERO SCINDETVR VELVM
ET MEDIO DIE NOX ERIT
TENEBROSA TRIBVS HORIS.
(For food gall, in his thirst they gave him vinegar, they will show this table of inhospitality. The veil of the Temple shall indeed be rent, and at mid-day there shall be black night for three hours.)
This fine design was the work of Neroccio di Bartolommeo di Benedetto Landi in 1483,[57] and is a noble specimen of his style. We do not know what he received for the work, but it is probable that it was the same sum as that given to Matteo di Giovanni. Nor, as we have seen, do we know who executed this and the adjacent designs.[58] (Ill. VIII.)
The Libyan Sibyl.
According to Pausanias, the Libyan was the oldest of all the Sibyls, and was the daughter of Zeus and Lamia. More than this nothing is known of her, but her label tells us that she is spoken of by Euripides. She is a striking figure, her black marble face, neck, hands and feet, producing a remarkable effect. She is veiled and crowned with a garland of flowers. In her left hand she grasps a small open scroll, while in her right she shows an open book with the words:
| DABIT | |
| COLA | IN VER |
| PHOS | BERA |
| ACCIPI | INNO |
| ENS TA | CENS |
| CEBIT | DORSV |
| M |
(Receiving buffets he will be silent, to blows he will give his innocent back.)
On her left is a tablet, borne by intertwined serpents, the words written upon it being:
IN MANVS INIQVAS
VENIET. DABVNT DEO
ALAPAS MANIBVS IN
CESTIS. MISERABILIS.
ET IGNOMINIOSVS.
MISERABILIBVS SPEM
PRAEBEBIT.
(He shall come into unjust hands. With impure hands they shall give stripes to God. He miserable and in ignominy will give hope to the miserable.)