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Well, I was partly right. Jerome's pet is a *sort* of kittycat: http://www.glyphs.com/art/durer/jerome.jpg And: http://www.hol.gr/wm/paint/auth/durer/adam-eve/adam-eve.jpg Well, it's not Durer's "Temptation," but, according to the hexperts, "Adam and Eve." But the cat *is* there, stealing the show from the incompetent humans. (The mouse being toast.) Though the *real* story is in the mountain goat(?) in the background, upper right. How the devil (as it were) did he get *up* there on that craig?? And *why* would he *go* up there, in the first place? And, goodness, *how*, on earth, is he to get himself down?? I note also, that, whilst Moma Eve's fig leaf is apparently from the same tree as the fruit--arguably some sort of bad apple (one of those malus malii?)--Pappie Adam (with his pomme-shaped hand, poor sucker) gets *his* from a pomagranet-like arbor (with serrated leaves, no less), favorite fruit of parrots and suchlike hangerson. What meanst these leaves? Sorry I didn't do my homework and locate the images for the previous post. Best from here, Christopher ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%