The tree of the covenant, 1578; Den Boom des Constitts / 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 there are love and right love (charitas) and divine order (Ordo Divinus), next to each an empty coat of arms. 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 (discord
The tree of the covenant, 1578; Den Boom des Constitts / 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 there are love and right love (charitas) and divine order (Ordo Divinus), next to each an empty coat of arms. 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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