Revelation: The throne in heaven

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Revelation: The throne in heaven
Revelation: The throne in heaven

Codex libellus capitulorum (Zwiefalten)
Cod.brev.128 [Copyright: Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart]
Cod.brev.-128 fol-10r Throne of heaven
Werksansicht
•Content / Inhalt:
Calendarium Zwifaltense
•Komputistische Tafeln
•Capitula
•Gregorius I.
•Orationen
•Benediktionen (Schluß fehlt)

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The Latin inscription above & below the illumination is an
abbreviated quotation from Apocalypsis (Revelation) 4-4

" Et in circuitu sedis (sedilia) viginti quatuor: et super thronos viginti quatuor seniores sedentes, circumamicti vestimentis albis, et in capitibus eorum coronae aureae."
"singuli phialas in manibus suis et corone auree in caüitibus eorum"

Translated:
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
"each with vessels (bowls) in their hands and a golden crowns on their heads"
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other Latin words that appear in the illumination:
tenebre (tenebrae) = darkness
lux = light
Hiembs (hiems) = winter
estas (aestas) = summer
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Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum,
excidit columnas septem;
(subdidit sibi gentes,
superborumque et sublimium
colla propria virtute calcavit.)
proverbs 9-1
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Wisdom has built itself a house;
it rests on seven pillars;
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Die Weisheit hat sich ein Haus gebaut;
es beruht auf sieben Säulen;
darunter legt sie sich Völker,
den Nacken der Stolzen und Hochmütigen
tritt sie mit eigener Kraft nieder.
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(Qui) coelum metitur palmo, et terram (pugillo) concludit
(He) measures the sky with the palm of his hand and encloses the earth with his palm.
Source:
Gregorius Magnus, Homiliae in Ezechielem, 2, 5
Sententiae (Taio Caesaraugustianus)
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Et de throno procedebant fulgura, et voces, et tonitrua
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices:
Apocalypsis 4-5
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Taken on: December 26, 2024
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