Nativity

Carved Latin and Dutch inscriptions around scenes:

[inscribed around central scene]

Et tu, bethle[h]e[m] t[er]ra iuda, neq[uaqua]m minima es i[n] principib[us] iuda Ex te exiet dux q[ui] regat p[opu]l[u]m meu[m] isra[el] [source: Matthew 2:6]

[inscribed around left wing]

Exultent iusti [con]sp[ec]tu dei et delectent[ur] in letitia [source: Psalm 67:4]

martelaere [above kneeling figures on left wing]

[inscribed around right wing]

Iusti a[u]t[em] in perpetuu[m] vive[nt et] apud d[omin]um est mer[ce]s eor[um] [source: Wisdom 5:16]

ofessorn [above figures on right wing]

[source: Radcliffe et al 1992, p 412]