Fasciculus temporum, circular diagram of Heavenly Jerusalem, by Werner Rolevinck

An image of Illuminated Manuscript. Folio 17 r: Circular diagram of Heavenly Jerusalem. Fols. 1r – 41v, Fasciculus temporum. Werner Rolevinck, author. Hoernen, Arnold Ther, printer. Latin. Gothic bookhand (textualis). Paper (watermark cf. Briquet nos. 3387, 7464), i modern paper flyleaf + 41 fols. + i modern paper flyleaf, 420 x 274 (c.227 – c.365 x 208 – 213) mm, 2 – 6 columns, 50 – 91 lines, ruled in crayon. BINDING: 19th century, marbled paper over pasteboards. DECORATION: Diagrammatic chronology with tables arranged horizontally across the pages and drawings in brown ink with green, blue and brown washes: fol. 3r [19 ll.] Noah’s ark and rainbow; fol. 3v [36 ll.] Tower of Babel; fol. 4r [11 ll.] Nineveh; fol. 6v [28 ll.] Temple of Salomon; fol. 10r [17 ll.] Rome; fol. 11v [15 ll.] Second Temple; fol. 12r [22 ll.] circular diagram of Jerusalem; fol. 17r [54 ll.] circular diagram of Heavenly Jerusalem. Space for initial [17 ll.] to Prologue left blank (fol. 1r). Germany, Cologne. 1471.

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Illuminated Manuscript. Folio 17 r: Circular diagram of Heavenly Jerusalem. Fols. 1r – 41v, Fasciculus temporum. Werner Rolevinck, author. Hoernen, Arnold Ther, printer. Latin. Gothic bookhand (textualis). Paper (watermark cf. Briquet nos. 3387, 7464), i modern paper flyleaf + 41 fols. + i modern paper flyleaf, 420 x 274 (c.227 – c.365 x 208 – 213) mm, 2 – 6 columns, 50 – 91 lines, ruled in crayon. BINDING: 19th century, marbled paper over pasteboards. DECORATION: Diagrammatic chronology with tables arranged horizontally across the pages and drawings in brown ink with green, blue and brown washes: fol. 3r [19 ll.] Noah’s ark and rainbow; fol. 3v [36 ll.] Tower of Babel; fol. 4r [11 ll.] Nineveh; fol. 6v [28 ll.] Temple of Salomon; fol. 10r [17 ll.] Rome; fol. 11v [15 ll.] Second Temple; fol. 12r [22 ll.] circular diagram of Jerusalem; fol. 17r [54 ll.] circular diagram of Heavenly Jerusalem. Space for initial [17 ll.] to Prologue left blank (fol. 1r). Germany, Cologne. 1471.

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15th Century circle circular diagram Fitz_MSPB German Gothic bookhand (textualis) illuminated illumination Jerusalem manuscript Northern Renaissance religion religious Renaissance script texts Werner Rolevinck

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