CAMPEGIUS VITRINGA

Doctor of Most Sacred Theology and

Professor in Ordinary

A "Professor in Ordinary" (original: Professoris Ordinarii) denotes a senior professor holding a permanent, primary chair at a university.

S A C R E D

OBSERVATIONS

F I R S T B O O K.

I N W H I C H

The common opinion regarding the confusion of tongues is exam-

ined; the Kabbalistic Sephiroth In Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah), these are the ten attributes or emanations through which the Infinite reveals itself and creates the universe. are explained; and

specimens of certain illustrated passages of Holy Scripture

are presented.

A circular printer's mark or vignette. At the top, the Hebrew Tetragrammaton original: "יהוה" (Yahweh/Jehovah) is set within a radiant sunburst representing the divine. Rays of light descend upon a group of people gathered in an outdoor setting. A banner at the bottom contains the Latin motto: "I, JEHOVAH, HAVE CALLED YOU IN RIGHTEOUSNESS" original: "EGO IEHOVA VOCAVI TE IVSTE," a reference to Isaiah 42:6. The entire emblem is framed by laurel or olive branches.

F R A N E K E R,

Published by JOHANNES GYSELAAR, Printer to the Estates of Friesland and

to the University of the same. 1683.