MINIATURIST, German
(active 1210s in Weingarten)

Berthold Sacramentary, folio 123r

1215-17
Manuscript (MS M.710), vellum, 293 x 204 mm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York

The picture shows folio 123r with a full-page miniature depicting "Abraham representing paradise".

The phrase "Abraham representing paradise" relates to the ancient Jewish and biblical concept of Abraham's Bosom, a metaphorical place of comfort, rest, and peace in the afterlife where righteous souls abide. The patriarch Abraham personifies the welcoming threshold or the embodiment of paradise itself.

The folio contains embroidered repairs.




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