Stammbaum Christi. Reader

The Virgin Mary sits at the center of an elaborate green vine that branches out to form circular medallions. To her sides, groups of figures representing Old Testament prophets and ancestors look on, while the figure of Jesse lies at the root of the tree below. The style features the vibrant colors and structured composition characteristic of the 12th-century Hortus Deliciarum.

This image is part of the Hortus Deliciarum, a monumental medieval encyclopedia that sought to synthesize all sacred and profane knowledge. It reflects the medieval philosophical view of history as a divinely ordered, organic progression, a conceptual precursor to the systematic cosmologies found in later Hermetic and Neoplatonic traditions.