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The Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.945, f. 97. Hours of Catherine of Cleves. The Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440.
“Having taken root, the branch from the Tree of Mercy planted by Seth in his father’s mouth grows into a healthy tree. It breaks through the slab covering Adam’s grave, raising his skull in the process. The horizon glows orange: symbolically a new day has dawned…”







