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Kép Bocskay György, Mira calligraphiae monumenta (1561-62) című művéből, melyet Joris Hoefnagel illuminált

fol. 130, 321. lap


Folio 130

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ALPHA ET OMEGA, PRINCIPIUM ET FINIS EGO SUM. Rev. 1.8: Ego alpha et omega, principium et finis (1.8: I am the A and O, the beginning and the end).

The first written symbol, the letter A, pays homage to God, the ruler of heaven and earth, "the beginning and the end" to whom the Revelation of Saint John the Divine is consecrated. The biblical verse, accompanied by the tetragram of God's name, is quoted within a stylized omega in the middle of the page and in a cartouche in the bottom margin. With this verse, the first letter of the Greek alphabet11 simultaneously refers to the last one; the illumination of the page thus encompasses the entire alphabet. God is understood as the beginning and end of time and space, as universe and eternity. The blue medallion containing the tetragram of his name occupies the center of the folio. It connects the constructional drawing of the letter A with its executed version and is surrounded by the omega, which generates flashes of lightning and thunderheads as symbols of Gods might.12

In the upper margin, a cherub is surrounded by a laurel wreath - a sign of Gods fame13-and flanked by incense burners. This angel praises the Lord along with the cherubim in the side margins. At both left and right, eternal lights burn in praise of God, as do candles entwined by olive branches, which symbolize his peace.14 Four demonic winged insects (the two antennae on the abdomens of the two upper ones indicate that they are Ephemerae, whose life span is a single day) are attracted by the flames, in which they will perish, just as Gods enemies are destroyed by divine power.15


Lee Hendrix and Thea Vignau-Wilberg: Mira calligraphiae monumenta: A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Hoefnagel. THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM MALIBU, I992

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