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575Strada’s Circle supporting the escutcheon does suppose its later use in a similar—apparently rather boring—didactic context [Fig. 11.36].56 There can be no doubt that the materials collected in Strada’s Musaeum, il- lustrated by their owner’s explications and comments, interested Maximilian ii greatly and perhaps helped him develop his critical judgment or even pro- vided some inspiration for the projects he undertook. So it is time to attempt at least to get an impression of what he may have seen there. 56 Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Códices Latinos h.I.4. l; cf. Antolin 1911, pp. 301–303. The volume contains an ex-libris of Philip ii; a later note in pencil identifies the coat of arms as that of the Spanish family Lanuza. At first sight the drawings seem to be in different hands, one of which is more experienced and sophisti- cated than the other(s). The added moustache looks as if it was added in the seventeenth century.