Abstract
Among the “figurae” of Joachim of Fiore, trees are especially numerous and important. The peculiarity of these images consists in the symbolic articulation of their diagrammatic structure: theological themes are developed and explicated by means of diagrams and symbols. This essay explains these aspects. It also gives an example, namely the tree of patriarchs and religious orders, which illustrates the development of Joachim’s ideas regarding the place within salvation history of monastic life in general, and the Cistercian Order in particular.
| Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Gioacchino da Fiore's trees between diagram and symbol |
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| Lingua originale | Italian |
| Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Le monde végétale. Médicine, botanique, symbolique |
| Pagine | 403-432 |
| Numero di pagine | 30 |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2009 |
Keywords
- Gioacchino da fiore
- Joachim of Fiore
- Liber Figurarum
- diagrammi
- diagrams
- simboli