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Original fileThree identical bearded figures with nimbi represent the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, seated together in a display of divine unity and equality. They hold a long scroll featuring the Latin text from Genesis regarding the creation of man in the image of God. This 19th-century engraving reproduces a miniature from the Hortus deliciarum, a celebrated medieval encyclopedia of theology and natural philosophy.
The image exemplifies the medieval Neoplatonic focus on the Imago Dei (Image of God) and the 'Plurality of the Godhead.' This iconographic tradition connects to later esoteric debates in the Western tradition regarding the nature of the human soul as a microcosm of the divine Trinity.
Sancta Tri nitas Faciam' homine ad imagine & similitudine nram et p'sit cuncti animan tibus EMM·P·H·DVRAND·EX·MS·XII·S·EC CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY.
Translation
Holy Trinity Let us make man in our image and likeness and he shall have dominion over all living things E. M. P. H. DURAND FROM MS. XII S. EC CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY.
Herrad of Landsberg
Original author of the Hortus deliciarum, the source manuscript for this specific iconographic representation of the Trinity.
Genesis 1:26
The scriptural basis for the representation of man as the image of the Trinity, as inscribed on the scroll.
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Engraving
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14742737486/ Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/christianiconogr02didr/christianiconogr02didr#page/n53/mode/1up
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October 27, 2024
March 24, 2026
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