History of the World scroll, St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, VadSlg Ms. 1000

[Koen G]

I also see some similarity between Giovanni’s diagram of the gates (“porte” of Jerusalem?) and the South-Center rosette. In particular, radially arranged arches with inscribed text. I think we discussed other similar diagrams showing gates in the past.

I had been wondering what this diagram meant, and whether the gates are supposed to be six or twelve. I would not expect the twelve gates of Heavenly Jerusalem here since the diagram does not depict that part of the eschaton. 

It appears that manuscripts with similar schematic histories of the world have six gates of the "worldly" city of Jerusalem. There are a number of Harley manuscripts that spread this whole scheme of connected dots over many folios. In Harley MS 658, the Jerusalem is on f37r. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.