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M3326 Personification of Faith & Hope
Coat-of-Arms of Corbinian Prielmayer
Cutting from a Manuscript on Vellum, with a large Heraldic Miniature Click to view a larger image
Germany, Bavaria, 1694

From a manuscript made for Corbinian Prielmayer (1643-Click to view a larger image1707), a Bavarian statesman. He is mentioned on the verso of the leaf.

Decoration: Flanking the arms are personifications of Faith (holding a cross and trampling a figure who probably represents heresy) and Hope (wielding an anchor).

Below, on a small shield, is Prielmayer's motto, "Deus A[lpha] et O[m]e[ga] Spes Noster" (tr. "God, Alpha and Omega, is our Hope"). The motto seems related to the alpha and omega shapes formed in the coat-of-arms by the gold and black areas and the curved anchor. At the bottom right is another small shield with double entwined "C's."

Size: 160 x 156 mm. (Framed 12 x 12 in.)
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