Folio 65r - the perindens tree, continued.
that, after you have received the Holy Spirit, that is the spiritual, apprehensible dove, descending and remaining upon you, you are not caught outside eternity, set apart from the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit; and that the dragon, that is, the Devil, does not kill you. For if you have the Holy Spirit, the dragon cannot
Commentary

Commentary

Text

The perindens tree.

Illustration

A symmetrical arrangement of doves in the branches of the tree and two dragons at its base.

Comment

Wood pigeons, not rock doves, will feed on fruit. Quire mark 'K' at bottom centre.

Folio Attributes

Transcription and Translation

Transcription

ne postquam acceperis spiritum sanctum hoc est spiritualem columbam\ intelligibilem de celo descendentem et manentem super te foris\ fias ab eternitate, alienus a patre et filio et spiritu sancto, et draco te in\terimat, id est diabolus. Nam si tu habeas spiritum sanctum non potest tibi\

Translation

that, after you have received the Holy Spirit, that is the spiritual, apprehensible dove, descending and remaining upon you, you are not caught outside eternity, set apart from the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit; and that the dragon, that is, the Devil, does not kill you. For if you have the Holy Spirit, the dragon cannot
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