Arbol Imaginal (Imaginative Tree)

Ramon Llull, artist

Arbol Imaginal (Imaginative Tree), 1664

Portfolio/Series title: Arbol de la ciencia de el iluminado maestro Raymundo Lulio; nuevamente traducido y explicado por Alonso de Zepeda y Adrada. (The Tree of Science of the Visionary Master Ramon Llull; with Translation and Commentary by Alonso de Zepeda y Adrada) Brussels: Francisco Foppens

Where object was made: Brussels, Belgium

Credit line: Spencer Research Library, Department of Special Collections, Summerfield E300

Accession number: EL2009.020

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"Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture," Mar-2009, Steve Goddard
In this later edition of the Tree of Science the Imaginative Tree appears with blank banners and medallions, leaving the texts that might be associated with its roots, trunk, limbs, leaves, and flowers to the viewer’s imagination.