File:God the Geometer.jpg

Summary


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
 * From: The Frontispiece of Bible Moralisee
 * Style: Gothic
 * Date: mid-13th C.
 * Location: France
 * Codex Vindobonensis 2554 (French, ca. 1250), in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.

Picture found on the web in August 2005, source unknown.