Image: God the Geometer

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Description: Science, and particularly geometry and astronomy/astrology, was linked directly to the divine for most medieval scholars. The compass in this 13th century manuscript is a symbol of God's act of Creation. God has created the universe after geometric and harmonic principles, to seek these principles was therefore to seek and worship God.
Title: God as Architect/Builder/Geometer/Craftsman, The Frontispiece of Bible Moralisee
Credit: archiv.onb.ac.at
Author: Anonymous
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