Allegory of writing, Abraham Dircksz. Santvoort, 1650 print In the middle the title, flanked by two columns. On the left the personification of the original text in the form of a naked woman and a sun. On the right the personification of the translation as a dressed woman with a mirror. Above putti with writing springs on either side of a cartouche opened book with the Latin translation of '' Let us search the writings'. Under a cartouche with a nomenclator and a lexicon. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Breda paper etching title-page. quill. handwriting, writing as activity. book - MM - boo
Allegory of writing, Abraham Dircksz. Santvoort, 1650 print In the middle the title, flanked by two columns. On the left the personification of the original text in the form of a naked woman and a sun. On the right the personification of the translation as a dressed woman with a mirror. Above putti with writing springs on either side of a cartouche opened book with the Latin translation of '' Let us search the writings'. Under a cartouche with a nomenclator and a lexicon. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Breda paper etching title-page. quill. handwriting, writing as activity. book - MM - book open. book. translator
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