The Paper Maker
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Paper Maker
Scripture Reference:
- Proverbs 3 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The paper maker scoops linen rag pulp from a large vat into a mold. Behind him, three men work at a press; in the background, several workers use a water-powered mill wheel to fashion rags into pulp. The Dutch artist and poet Jan Luiken (1649-1712) was responsible for drawing this emblem and for creating the motto and poem that follow. Jan Luiken and/or his son Casper Luiken (1672-1708) were responsible for its etching. The attendant scripture text is Proverbs 3:3.
Motto:
Though it is bad,
It comes to rights.
Poem:
Thus even the old rag is, through industry,
Fashioned to be used in a new way:
So Man should fashion the ragged life,
Through working in a good way,
Into white paper,
On which the Lord’s will would be written.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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