Book Title: Spiegel van het menselyk bedryf : vertoonende honderd verscheiden ambachten, konstig afgebeeld en met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen verryke / door Jan en Kasper Luiken

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: The Stonemason

Scripture Reference:

• Ephesians 2 (further images / scripture text)

Description: Using a chisel and mallet, the stonemason shapes a cut stone under the protection of an awning stretched out from a tree branch. The Dutch artist and poet Jan Luiken (1649-1712) was responsible for drawing this emblem and for creating the motto and poem that follow. Jan Luiken and/or his son Casper Luiken (1672-1708) were responsible for its etching. The attendant scripture text is Ephesians 2:19-22.

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Motto:
Though scattered,
Nonetheless prepared.

Poem:
The stones are firmly cut,
To build the mighty house;
Like the work of the Lord Jesus,
The stones, lying here and there,
Are ready and fit properly,
To construct his eternal church.

(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)

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