Size: 27" wide x 10 1/4" high This would have hung on the side of the Choir Stall to encourage the choir members. The text reads as follows: De zegen des Heere Naar mijn Hantere Ik verwacht Hij zal regeren Tot zijner eere Bij dag en bij nacht Anno 1644 This translates into English as follows: The blessing of the Lord to my actions I expect He shall rule to His honor by day and by night A curator at the Rijksmuseum gave just a slightly difference "loose" translation, as follows: The blessing of the Lord on my doings I expect He will reign to His honour day and night The translator who did the first translation explained that in the old Dutch, lines 1 & 2 rhyme with lines 4 & 5, so it is a rhyming proverb. | |