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Compilatio historiarum totius Bibliae et historiarum scholasticarum
Austria, ca. 1420
MS M.192 fol. 9v

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Pen drawing:
1) Candelabrum with seven candles labeled CANDELBRUM AUREUM QUOD FECIT MOYSES PER MANUM BOSELEEL FILII BURI DE AURO PURISSIMO UT PATET EXODI [....]
2) Moses, wearing hat, stands behind and holds tables of law inscribed with three commandments on left and eight on right: EGO SUM DOMINUS DEUS TUUS ET NON HABEBIS DEOS ALIENOS; NON ASSUMES NOMEN DEI TUI INUANUM; MEMENTO UT DIEM SABBATI SANCTIFICES; HONORA PATREM ET MATREM TUAM; NON OCCIDES; NON MECHABERIS; NON FURTUM FACIES; NON LOQUERIS FALSUM TESTIMONIUM CONTRA PROXIMUM; NON CONCUPISTOM PROXIMI TUI; NON DESIDERABIS UXOREM PROXIMI TUI.
3) Ark of Covenant as box, surmounted by border of standing trefoils, with pole through two rings on each side for carrying, labeled ARCHA FEDERIS CIUUS LONGITUDO ERAT DUCORUM CUBITORUM CUM DIMIDIO LATITUDO UERO UNICUM CUBITI CUM DIMIDIO ET ALTITUDO UNIUS CUM DIMIDIO.



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