The Mystic Ark

The Mystic Ark is a painting by Hugh of Saint Victor (ca. 1096–1141).[1][2][3]

The Mystic Ark. Original 1125 to early 1130. Shown as it might have appeared if constructed at the convent of Hohenbourg during the abbacy of Abbess Herrad in the late twelfth century. The construction here has a height of 3.632 meters (11 feet, 11 inches) and width of 4.623 meters (15 feet, 2 inches).
The Mystic Ark, diagram. Main components. Clement/Bahmer/Rivas/Rudolph.

References

  • http://mysticark.ucr.edu/ - a detailed collection of the same illustrations published in The Mystic Ark: Hugh of Saint Victor, Art, and Thought in the Twelfth Century.
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