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Original fileThe Count stands in a proud stance, holding a large broadsword in his right hand and a shield bearing the lion of Holland on his left arm. He wears a feathered circlet and elaborate Renaissance-style armor with a heavy fringed cloak. The facing page provides a biographical text in Dutch, detailing his lineage, military conflicts with the Bishop of Utrecht, and his pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
t'iaer. 993 De iij. Graef reg. 46 iare Dirck de derde van die name Graeff Aernouts outste zoon ghe- hout zijnde an jonckfrouwe/ Vithilde key- zer Otto des twedes dochter heeft twee zoo- nen gehadt/ Graeff Dirck zijn erffghenaem en Joncheer Floris Heere van Oostvries- landt. [Margin:] Adelbolt & 19 bisp van Utrecht t'iaer 1015 began grote werck vanden Dom de-atne-legghen.
Translation
In the year 993, in the 3rd year of the count's reign, 46 years [old]. Dirck, the third by that name, Count Aernout’s eldest son, married to the noblewoman Vithilde, daughter of Emperor Otto the Second, had two sons: Count Dirck, his heir, and Jonkheer Floris, Lord of East Frisia. [Margin:] Adelbolt, 19th bishop of Utrecht, in the year 1015 began the great work of laying the foundation of the Dom.
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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height 135 mm x width 87 mm
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