Ecclesiastes 7:2: It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.
Eagles (detail) from a Workshop Bestiary, about 1185, unknown illuminator, made in England, vellum, 8 7/16 × 6 1/8 inches (The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Ms. M.81, fol. 48)
Viper from On the Usefulness of Animals (text in Arabic), Iranian, about 1300; artist unknown, author, Ibn Bakhtīshū’, opaque watercolor and ink on paper.