Liber Figurarum

The Liber Figurarum (lit. Book of Figures)[1] is a collection of figures illustrating the work of Joachim of Fiore, who lived in Calabria in the twelfth century. Joachim of Fiore transformed his visions into images (figurae) and symbols to form the Liber Figurarum.[2]

Page of Liber Figurarum, XII century - Seven-Headed Dragon

Three examples of the work are known, at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, at a museum in Dresden, in Germany;[3] and at the library of the seminary of Reggio Emilia, discovered by the Italian scholar Leone Tondelli in 1937.[4]

The oldest codex is Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS 255A,[5] discovered by the British historian Marjorie Reeves in 1942.[2]

References
  1. "Liber Figurarum work by Joachim of Fiore, Britannica".
  2. Reeves, Marjorie (1972). The Figurae of Joachim of Fiore. Internet Archive. Oxford, Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920038-2.
  3. "dresden-sächsische-landesbibliothek-staats-und-uni-manuscript". www.mirabileweb.it. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  4. Tondelli, Leone, ed. (1940). Leone Tondelli. Il Libro delle figure dell'abate Gioachino da Fiore. I. Introduzione e commento. Le sue rivelazioni dantesche. [II. Testo e tavole.] (in Italian). Societa editrice internazionale.
  5. "Corpus Christi College MS 255A". digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-17.


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