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Biblia Sacra . Short tract „De fructibus carnis et spiritus“

1250 · 5 pictures

A thirteenth-century illuminated Latin manuscript held by the e-codices virtual library of Switzerland, combining a Bible and a short tract on the fruits of flesh and spirit, likely made for a religious reader. The pictures show painted heraldic arms with a red lion and a skeleton death figure, plus gilded initials with Gothic bookhand text and a small scene of figures before a tower; a designer might take the rich gold-and-vermilion palette, decorative acanthus-like foliage, and the interplay of illuminated capitals with dense black script.

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