# The Emblem

- By: Michael Wolgemut (German, 1434–1519)
- Date: 1493
- Medium: woodcut
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Platemark: 37.6 x 23.9 cm (14 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45.8 x 32.2 cm (18 1/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
- Culture: Germany
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.410)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.410/1966.410_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In Christian belief, God speaks the world into existence, creating it and ruling over it. This woodcut is one of over 1,000 images in the Nuremberg Chronicle, an early printed book narrating the history of the Christian world. Amid creeping vines and pillars of cloud, God sits enthroned, lips parted and hand upraised in a gesture of speaking. He holds an orb as a sign of his authority over the universe. The scroll above him reads: “For he \[God\] spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created. Psalm 22.” Here, God is eternally powerful.