La Bible

Manuscript illumination depicting the mystical procession of the earthly paradise with the ventiquattro seniori (“twenty-four elders”) dressed in white, symbolizing the twenty-four books of the Old Testament, the four animals symbolizing the four Evangelists and five old men symbolizing the Letters of Peter, John, James and Jude, and Revelation: La Divina Commedia di Alfonso d’Aragona. Commentario al codice, edited by M. Bollati, Modena, Franco Panini Editore, 2006, vol. II, p. 78