BOHEMIAE ROSE

BOHEMIAE ROSE

BOHEMIAE ROSA

This drawing of Bohemia made Kristian Veller for the historical and homeland work of Bohuslav Balbín /Epitome HistoricaRerum Bohemicarum/Big rose,by the sun illuminated ,fully developed and with royal crown decorated ,presents the prosperity of the country.On the top is the password austrian emperor´s Leopold I. "Iustitiae et Pietate" /for the justice and Goddevotion/ and czech lion.In the lower part are written 18 administrative units,14 regions,Prague towns and region Cheb and Kladsko.Wolfgang Kilian frm Augsburg made the copperengraviing after the design Aretino´s map of Bohemia from 1619.
In the low part the meaning of the latin verses: This admirable rose was grown in Herzingforest,next to her one fullarmed lion is watching.This rose was born from Mart´s , not from Venus´s blood.