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G.A.O.T.U.== Summary ==

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artist QS:P170,Q4233718
Title
Français : Dieu l'architecte de l'univers, frontispice d'une bible moralisée.
English: God as Architect/Builder/Geometer/Craftsman, The Frontispiece of Bible Moralisee
Deutsch: Gott als Erschaffer des Universums, Frontispiz einer Bible moralisée
Description
English: Science, and particularly geometry and astronomy/astrology, was linked directly to the divine for most medieval scholars. The compass in this 13th century manuscript is a symbol of God's act of Creation. God has created the universe after geometric and harmonic principles, to seek these principles was therefore to seek and worship God.
Euskara: Zientziak (eta bereziki geometria eta astronomia / astrologia), jainkoekin lotura zuzena zuen Erdi Aroko jakintsu gehienentzat. XIII. mendeko eskuizkribu honetan konpasa Jainkoaren Sorkuntzako egintzaren sinboloa da. Jainkoak unibertsoa printzipio geometriko eta harmonikoen bidez sortu zuen, printzipio horiek aztertzea Jainkoa aztertzea eta gurtzea zen.
Català: En l'Antiguitat i l'Edat mitjana, l'astronomia i la geometria estaven connectades amb els conceptes de la divinitat. El compàs, en aquest manuscrit del segle XIII és un símbol de l'acte de la creació de Déu
Date circa 1220-1230
Medium illumination on parchment
Dimensions height: 34.4 cm (13.5 in); width: 26 cm (10.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,34.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26U174728
institution QS:P195,Q304037
Accession number
Codex Vindobonensis 2554, f.1 verso
Inscriptions
Français : Ici crie Dex ciel et terre, soleil et lune et toz elemenz
Notes
English: Famously used as the first color illustration to Benoit B. Mandelbrot's The Fractal Geometry of Nature.
Source/Photographer archiv.onb.ac.at
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Platonist Creation according to Plutarch's Moralia 720c. God the Son creates the Cosmos use a Compass with one arm on the precise Centre of the Cosmos and the other on the Periphery.

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current16:02, 19 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 16:02, 19 April 20141,244 × 1,705 (1.76 MB)Eugene aReverted to version as of 16:31, 10 October 2011 Miniature painted on a gold background. This is the real color.
21:01, 18 October 2013Thumbnail for version as of 21:01, 18 October 20135,488 × 7,024 (2.74 MB)AnonMooslosslessly cropping, removing metadata which interferes with image display
14:53, 18 October 2013Thumbnail for version as of 14:53, 18 October 20136,396 × 8,359 (3.95 MB)Mel22better res
16:31, 10 October 2011Thumbnail for version as of 16:31, 10 October 20111,244 × 1,705 (1.76 MB)Eugene abetter
06:09, 21 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 06:09, 21 February 2006351 × 495 (152 KB)Leinad-Z~commonswikiI cropped the original version and changed the colors a bit
17:33, 20 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 17:33, 20 January 2006366 × 500 (103 KB)RagesossFound on the web in August 2005, source unknown. Image is from a 13th century illuminated manuscript.

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