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Reliefs from the fourth car (Festival of Bacchus). Jupiter commits the infant Bacchus to Mercury. In the same compartment, Mercury is carring the child to the nymphs of Mount Nyssa in Thrace, who bring him up in a cave. (Fol. l ii recto)
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Title: Reliefs from the fourth car (Festival of Bacchus). Jupiter commits the infant Bacchus to Mercury. In the same compartment, Mercury is carring the child to the nymphs of Mount Nyssa in Thrace, who bring him up in a cave. (Fol. l ii recto)
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