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Moses delivering the Israelites from Egypt, 1557. The Hebrew prophet Moses, shown with horns of hair, leading the Children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage through the parted waters of the Red Sea. Behind them, the pursuing Egyptian army is overwhelmed by the water. From Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum chronicon by Conrad Lycosthenes. (Basel, 1557).