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Engraved Gourds?

In his Commentary on Jonah, Jerome refers (4:6) to “gourds of small cups/vessels” on which images of the Apostles are sketched:

Et revera in ipsis cucurbitis vasculorum, quas vulgo saucomarias vocant, solent apostolorum imagines adumbrari…

I’d never heard of such an object. Has anyone else, and can you point me to where I might go to find out more?

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  • Anonymous
    February 24th, 2013 at 3:42 pm

    Hello,

    Can the phrase “Vivamus atque Amemus” really be shortened to “Vivemus et amemus” or “Vivamus amemus”?

    Thank you.

    -Christian Ramos

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