Image: Trier Meisner (1625)

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Description: View of Trier from Thesaurus philopoliticus (1625) by Daniel Meisner, copperplate print by Eberhard Kieser. The image shows a view of Trier, in the foreground an antique column with a pair of scales and symbols around the Latin word "liber": scales (libra), in the left scalepan books (libri), in the right one children (liberi), on top a hat, since ancient times a symbol of liberty (liber = free), two married couples, left and right, pointing at the column, Saint Peter, patron of the city, in heraldic shield. Size: 97 mm × 149 mm.
Title: Trier Meisner (1625)
Credit: Private collectioninstitution QS:P195,Q768717
Author: engraved by Eberhard Kieser, published by Daniel Meisner, reproduced from an original copper plate print (1625) by Palauenc05
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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