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The Prophet Isaiah (Victoria and Albert Museum, C.48-1919)

Stained glass roundel, Cologne School, Germany, circa 1470 to 1480, Victoria and Albert Museum C.48-1919

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A stained glass roundel panel of the Cologne School, Germany, dated circa 1470 to 1480, showing the prophet Isaiah emerging from a crown and holding a scroll inscribed "PUER NATUS EST NOBIS," a child is born to us. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under museum number C.48-1919, given by J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.

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Isaiah, Figures

The roundel's directly named subject per the museum's own title, holding a scroll inscribed with the "a child is born to us" verse, matching the corroborating Wikipedia record's quotation of the same verse from Isaiah 9.

Additional Source Isaiah 9 (Wikipedia)
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The Prophet Isaiah, museum number C.48-1919 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
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Isaiah 9 (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDepicts: Isaiah
Quote, Depicts: Isaiah
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.
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