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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9434350, member: 56"]I don't know who did the engraving (I think it's an etching), and I'm not certain of the subject, but I think it illustrates Revelation Chap 7. The text seems to refer to "twelve times twelve", which is twelve thousand from each of the twelve tribes of Israel, with the seal of God marked on their foreheads (see the nearest of the figures). </p><p><br /></p><p>Irrelevant to the ID of the print: this is the passage that gives rise to the phrase "washed in the blood of the lamb".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9434350, member: 56"]I don't know who did the engraving (I think it's an etching), and I'm not certain of the subject, but I think it illustrates Revelation Chap 7. The text seems to refer to "twelve times twelve", which is twelve thousand from each of the twelve tribes of Israel, with the seal of God marked on their foreheads (see the nearest of the figures). Irrelevant to the ID of the print: this is the passage that gives rise to the phrase "washed in the blood of the lamb".[/QUOTE]
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