Book Title: Parergon, siue, Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae

Author: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Image Title: Historiated Title-Page Border

Scripture Reference:

• 1 Corinthians 3 (further images / scripture text)

Description: At the top of this historiated title-page border two Greek gods recline: Poseidon, the god of the sea, with his trident and Aeolus, the god of the winds with his winnowing fan. The Greek quotation at the head (“foolishness with God”) is taken from the Apostle Paul’s judgment on the wisdom of the world in 1 Corinthians 3:19. The Latin motto at the base may be translated, “Geography is the eye of history”.

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