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wrist, f.n: wrist. (WRIST / ˈwrɪst)

Medieval manuscript with a glossed Latin text that is being pointed to by a hand’s creepy, tentacle-like fingers; more Latin is written on the hand’s sleeve and wrist.
Cicero’s Paradoxa stoicorum; Italy, 14th century, with 15th century hand illustration; Berkeley, Bancroft Library, BANC MS UCB 085. [erikkwakkel.tumblr.com]

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