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Title Page for: Jean Jaques Courvoisier, Le Lys divine et le Samson mystique, Brussels: 1638
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The personification of the Church, with a cross and symbols of papal power, stands opposite Samson taking honeycomb from a lion. Below a coat of arms with the French lily and two medallions with representations of lilies. Title illustration for a book of sermons.
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Credit lineTitelpagina voor: Jean Jaques Courvoisier, Le Lys divine et le Samson mystique, Brussel: 1638. 1638. Cornelis Galle (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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