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Calligram ("Bildgedicht") with numerical signs in the form of a cross totalling the number 5231, the amount of years before the creation of the world. Bible of the Poor (Biblia pauperum) from Metten. Germany, Bavaria, Benedictine Abbey of Metten, commissioned by Abbot Petrus I, completed in 1414-1415. This outstanding manuscript might be said to contain the summa of the religious knowledge of its time. Clm 8201.
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek/Munich/Germany
Unique Identifier
ART562769
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5333px × 7724px
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bpk Bildagentur / (name of museum) /(name of photographer) / Art Resource, NY
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15th century CE
Bavarian
Bible (Manuscript)
Biblia Pauperum
Calligram
German
Gothic (1150-1500)
Illuminated Manuscript
Mysticism
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