1 edition of Cabala, Spiegel der Kunst und Natur in Alchymia by Raphael Custos (1663)
Author: Custos, Raphael, d. 1651; Michelspacher, Steffan, fl. 1613-1619
Subject: Alchemy
Publisher: Zu Augspurg : Gedruckt bey Johann Schultes : In Verlegung Joh. Wey …
Year: 1663
Lectionary on Purple Vellum, northern Italy, around 800.Lectionaries, which contained lections (readings from Scripture) to be read at church services, figure among the most beautifully decorated manuscripts of the early Middle Ages. Considered the image of the Divine Word, these manuscripts were carried in church processions to the altar and then to the pulpit, where the deacon conducted the reading. Gold, silver, and purple symbolized the celestial kingdom, the reward of eternal life, and the radiating splendor of God’s Word.