The tree of the covenant, 1578; Arbor Pacis. Political allegory from 1578 with the tree of peace (Arbor Pacis) in the middle; Upstairs in the tree the arm of Philip II in which a heart is put from heaven; In the branches are left and right love (charitas) and divine order (Ordo Divinus), in addition to the coat of arms of Matthias of Austria and Willem van Oranje. Together with the feminine personifications of the Trouw (Fiducia) and Concordia (Eendracht), they contribute a cord to which the weapons of the seventeen provinces hang. Fiducia has deception (Fallacia) and Concordia displaces disco
The tree of the covenant, 1578; Arbor Pacis. Political allegory from 1578 with the tree of peace (Arbor Pacis) in the middle; Upstairs in the tree the arm of Philip II in which a heart is put from heaven; In the branches are left and right love (charitas) and divine order (Ordo Divinus), in addition to the coat of arms of Matthias of Austria and Willem van Oranje. Together with the feminine personifications of the Trouw (Fiducia) and Concordia (Eendracht), they contribute a cord to which the weapons of the seventeen provinces hang. Fiducia has deception (Fallacia) and Concordia displaces discord (discordia). In the middle lies a sloped bible on the ground on which a sword. Behind the tree scares angels monsters and predators. In the caption four verses of 8 rules each in Dutch, Latin, French and German.
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