—Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633
'Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. Read More
—Hildegard von Bingen, 1230
This illumination introduces Part 3, Vision 1 of Hildegard von Bingen's final visionary writing, the Liber Divinorum Operum, or 'Book of Divine Works.' Hildegard completed the first copy of the Divinorum Operum in around 1173, but this illumination comes from a 13th century copy known as the Lucca manuscript. Read More
