Mirror of the Holy Scripture

In the foreground a cross with five mirrors. In the central mirror the Holy Scripture. In the four mirrors around the symbols of the four evangelists. Five rays from the Holy Scripture flow to five hearts, symbolically for the influence the holy scripture has on man. In the background examples of the power of the Holy Scripture: a sermon; giving charity; taking confession; Moses receives the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai; the creation of the sun. The print has a Latin inscription: 'Quid fugias, quid ames facra cum tibi pagina monftrat; De Caelo lapfi quam Specvli instar habet'. At the bottom a legend of the scenes which are numbered alphabetically on the image. The print is part of a twelve-print series (IX out of XII prints) with the subject twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God.