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The complex and original prophetic thought of the
Florensis Abbot, is perfectly illustrated in the
figurae. It is based on the Trinitarian theology
of history and on the concordist exegesis of the
Bible. This masterpiece is well preserved into three
wonderful codices: the Oxford codex, the Reggio
Emilia codex and the Dresden codex. The reproductions
exhibited in San Giovanni in Fiore, are taken from
the Reggio Emilia codex, dated around the mid XIIIth
century. The oldest manuscript is that of Oxford,
produced between 1200 and 1230, by the Officina
Scriptoria of a Calabrian monastery, probably the
Abbey of San Giovanni in Fiore.
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