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A Priest Confessing a Lady

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A Priest Confessing a Lady.jpg VishnuThumbnailsHorus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadVishnuThumbnailsHorus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadVishnuThumbnailsHorus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadVishnuThumbnailsHorus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the deadVishnuThumbnailsHorus, the son of Isis, leading the scribe Ani into the presence of Osiris, the god and judge of the dead

The picture represents a priest confessing a lady in a church. The characters in the scene are allegorical; the priest is Genius, and the lady is Dame Nature; but it is not the less an accurate picture of a confessional scene of the latter part of the fourteenth century.