Book Title: `Biblia, ad vetvstissima exemplaria : nvnc recens castigata. In quibus, præter ea quæ subsequens præfatio indicat, capita singula ita versibus distincta sunt, ut numeri præfixi, lectorem non remorentur, & loca quæsita tanquam digito demonstrent ; additis, ubi res postulavit, elegantissimis figuris Hebræa, Chaldæa, Graeca, et Latina nomina virorum, mulierum, populorum ... quæ in Biblijs leguntur restituta cum Latina interpretione, ac lorum à Cosmographis descriptione

Author: Haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni

Image Title: Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream

Scripture Reference:

• Genesis 41 (further images / scripture text)

Description: Pharaoh and Egypt’s premiere magicians and wise men listen with great wonder, as Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams of the seven fat and seven lean cows, and the seven good and seven lean stalks (background). The artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), has placed his monogram at the bottom (center) of the woodcut.

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