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As the players mentally prepare in that space just before kick-off, Trusty says his eyes occasionally take in those names and inscriptions.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
16 May 2026 -
Until now, this left historians to rely on inscriptions from 18th-century copies of Holbein originals to identify the drawings’ sitters.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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“Hic jacets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hic%20jacets. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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