Title page for Annales Sacri - First book Annales Sacri - Tomvs I (title on object), Central in a rectangular frame the Latin title of the book. On both sides of this framework Moses and Aaron, as representatives of the law and the prophets. At the top center in a cartouche the Holy Trinity. In a cartouche at the top left, Noah's ark, the symbol of God's justice. In a cartouche at the top right, the sacrifice of Noah, the symbol of God's peacefulness. Under the rectangular frame with the title a depiction of Christ giving the apostle Peter the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, biblical laws, justice and government, Jewish religion, Moses (not in biblical context), possible attributes: rays of light or horns on his head, rod, Tables of the Law, groups of prophets, usually holding books or scrolls (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi), Christ gives the keys of heaven to Peter, the ark floating on the water (destruction of mankind not visible), Noah's sacrifice, various animals are offered, possibly a lamb, a dove and a ram (often combined with the rainbow of the covenant), Trinity in which God the Father and Christ are represented as persons, the Holy Ghost as dove, Theodoor Galle, 1620, paper, engraving, h 329 mm × w 216 mm

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