Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's 'City of God', 1446–82, Spanish, Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding, 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3 in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Cano de Aranda (Spanish, active Toledo), The exhibited volume is one of three with the complete Spanish translation from the Latin of Saint Augustine's City of God (De Civitate Dei). Written in the early fifth century after the sack of Rome by the Visigoths, Augustine, bishop of Hippo in north Africa, expanded the concept of the Church as a spiritual, heavenly City of God as opposed to the material, earthly City of Man
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Spanish Translation, Saint Augustine, City, God, 1446–82, Spanish, Tempera, gold, parchment, tooled leather binding, 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 3, 39.4 28.6 7.6 cm, Manuscripts, Illuminations, Cano de Aranda, active Toledo, exhibited, volume, three, complete Spanish, translation, Latin, De Civitate, Dei, Written, early fifth, century, sack, Rome, Visigoths, Augustine, bishop, Hippo, north Africa, expanded, concept, Church, spiritual, heavenly City, opposed, material, earthly, Man
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