Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Jakob van Maerlant  Spiegel historiael  West Vlaanderen ca. 1350. Signatuur KA 20.  The dove returns to the Noah’s Ark with and olive branch, fol. 5r b. “Among the Middle Dutch manuscripts are the famous works by Jacob van Maerlant, such as Der naturen bloeme, The Rijmbijbel and the Spiegel historiael. Maerlant’s encyclopedia of nature, Der naturen bloeme, is a feast for the eye because of the many miniatures of exotic creatures. Perhaps even more beautiful is his Spiegel historiael, which survives in 48 manuscripts the only illuminated one of which is in the KNAW-loan.”(http://www.kb.nl/bc/mehand/knaw-en.html)

Jakob van Maerlant

 Spiegel historiael

 West Vlaanderen ca. 1350. Signatuur KA 20.

 The dove returns to the Noah’s Ark with and olive branch, fol. 5r b.

“Among the Middle Dutch manuscripts are the famous works by Jacob van Maerlant, such as Der naturen bloeme, The Rijmbijbel and the Spiegel historiael. Maerlant’s encyclopedia of nature, Der naturen bloeme, is a feast for the eye because of the many miniatures of exotic creatures. Perhaps even more beautiful is his Spiegel historiael, which survives in 48 manuscripts the only illuminated one of which is in the KNAW-loan.”(http://www.kb.nl/bc/mehand/knaw-en.html)



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