Die Vierundzwanzig Alten oder Der goldene Thron (The Twenty-Four Elders or the Golden Throne) (DS5367) (Q23601)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 44:12, Lewis E M 44:12, https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_044_012.html)
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Die Vierundzwanzig Alten oder Der goldene Thron (The Twenty-Four Elders or the Golden Throne) (DS5367)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 44:12, Lewis E M 44:12, https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_044_012.html)

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    5 December 2023
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    Die Vierundzwanzig Alten oder Der goldene Thron (The Twenty-Four Elders or the Golden Throne)
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    Extent: 125 x 254 mm; parchment
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    The Fifth Elder
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    This miniature illustrates Otto von Passau's Twenty-Four Elders, a fourteenth-century treatise developed around the Book of Revelation 4:4, in which each of the elders discourses on an aspect of Christian life, such as Seeking God, Grace, and Penance. The Free Library's miniature depicts the fifth elder, who spoke on Conscience. The passage from Revelation describes the elders as wearing...
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    This cutting can be dated to ca. 1450.
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    14 April 2025
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