Illustrations

1. QUENTIN METSYS (MASSYS), 1465/6-1530: Portrait of a Notary

Fig. 1. QUENTIN METSYS (MASSYS), 1465/6-1530: Portrait of a Notary. Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland.

Plate A. HIERONYMUS BOSCH:
The Prodigal Son

Plate A. HIERONYMUS BOSCH: The Prodigal Son. Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen.

2. Christ at the centre of the four elements

Fig. 2. Christ at the centre of the four elements (i.e. here "In the body of Jesus").

3. The ground plan of Baptisteries

Fig. 3. The ground plan of Baptisteries -- Octagon.

4. HIERONYMUS BOSCH: St. Jerome

Fig. 4. HIERONYMUS BOSCH: St. Jerome. Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten.

5. HUGO VAN DER GOES, 1440-1482: Detail, Adoration of the Shepherds

Fig. 5. HUGO VAN DER GOES, 1440-1482: Adoration of the Shepherds. Portinari Altar (detail). Florence, Uffizzi Gallery.

6. Nativity, from the small Book of Beels

Fig. 6. Nativity Showing the gate to "the other world" from the small Book of Beels (9).

7. JOACHIM PATINIR: Christophorus

Fig. 7. JOACHIM PATINIR: Christophorus. Joachim Patinir, 1480?-1524, shows evidence in his picture of Christophorus that he was one of the few contemporaries of Bosch who understood something of what Master Bosch was trying to show. The soul house in the tree, the gate, the tree as the vegetative growth forces of the physical body, the holy white egret or heron, the iris, symbol of purity and resurrection, even the hound which has intruded into the mystic area and is persecuting the white lambs, these symbols which are nearly all to be found in Bosch, are also here employed quite correctly. Madrid, Escorial, reproduction authorized by El Patrimonio Nacional.

8. Bulls' heads with the signs of the life-force

Fig. 8. Bull's heads with the signs of the life-force (10).

9. ROEMER VISSCHER: The feast is over

Fig. 9. The feast is over. The sow has run off with the stopcock of the wine cask. This cask is the representation of the container of the vitality of the body. From Sinnepoppen by Roemer Visscher(63).

10. Two old pictures on which the
11. Signs of the Zodiac appear

Figs. 10 and 11. Two old pictures on which the Signs of the Zodiac appear assigned to the various parts of the body on which they were held to have an influence.

HIERONYMUS BOSCH; The Prodigal Son

A general view of The Prodigal Son. Rotterdam, Museum. Boymans van Beuningen.

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