MANHEIM AM RHEIN, “VERBUM DOMINI EST LUX CLARISSIMA”, AROUND 1630, COPPER ENGRAVING, BY MEISNER, DANIEL., FROM P. L. C. SCIAGRAPHIA COSMICA, 1678.
Description
Copper engraving depicting Mannheim on the Rhine around 1630.
Motif appeared in P. L. C. Sciagraphia Cosmic by Daniel Meisner, in 1678.
Top center: Verbum Domini Est Lux Clarissima, A80, Mannheim am Rhein
Below the picture: Sacratum Domini lux est darifsima verbum, Ut guisguis videat, guae via poli.
A bright light is the divine word that seems to us to heaven. Vpn Finsternus zum Hellen Liecht, Ein frrender straightens his prince.
Size (width x height)
Frame ca. 32.5 x 26.5 cm
Plate ca. 14.5 x 9.5 cm
See https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/X4WGL2TJ67SDQP3E3Z43TINJDVZ4KEXS (19.01.24).Show more
Condition
Age-related signs of wear on the frame, but still in good condition.
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Description
Copper engraving depicting Mannheim on the Rhine around 1630.
Motif appeared in P. L. C. Sciagraphia Cosmic by Daniel Meisner, in 1678.
Top center: Verbum Domini Est Lux Clarissima, A80, Mannheim am Rhein
Below the picture: Sacratum Domini lux est darifsima verbum, Ut guisguis videat, guae via poli.
A bright light is the divine word that seems to us to heaven. Vpn Finsternus zum Hellen Liecht, Ein frrender straightens his prince.
Size (width x height)
Frame ca. 32.5 x 26.5 cm
Plate ca. 14.5 x 9.5 cm
See https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/X4WGL2TJ67SDQP3E3Z43TINJDVZ4KEXS (19.01.24).Show more
Condition
Age-related signs of wear on the frame, but still in good condition.