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Chapter CXCVI: Section XCI: Fifth side. Venus, in her houses Taurus and Libra

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The most beautiful figure of the series. She sits upon the bull, who is deep in the dewlap, and better cut than most of the animals, holding a mirror in her right hand, and the scales in her left. Her breast is very nobly and tenderly indicated under the folds of her drapery, which is exquisitely studied in its fall. What is left of the inscription, runs:

"LIBRA CUM TAURO DOMUS * * * PURIOR AUR*."

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Stones of Venice [introductions]Chapter CXCVI: Section XCI: Fifth side. Venus, in her houses Taurus and Libra

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