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MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Flora and Fauna / Animals / Cycles / Bestiaries / Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, MS 100 (Paris, c1230-1250)
Flora and Fauna / Birds / Dove

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Genesis / Noah / The Flood (Gen. 6:1-9:17) / Dove alone
Old Testament / Psalms / Psalms 1-50 (Vulg.), 1-51 (AV) / Psalm 44 (Vulg.), 45 (AV): Eructavit cor meum
Old Testament / Canticles (A.V. Song of Songs) / Cant. 1:4: Sponsa: Nigra sum sed formosa, filiae Jerusalem, sicut tabernacula Cedar, sicut pelles Salomon (Bride: I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar ...)
Holy Spirit / As a dove

Further details

The first dove is the only dove of Christ and the grace of the Holy Ghost, the second is 'amicta varietatibus' (Ps. 44:15), the dove of David, and stands for the Church, the third is 'nigra sed formosa' (Cant. 1:4), the dove of Noe, and stands for tribulation

Artist or creator

Paris

Date

1230 (circa) - 1250

Location

Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, 100

Associated persons

Ian Jones (The Warburg Institute) (Photographer (analogue))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: 2v.

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Photographed with kind permission of Master and Fellows of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
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