ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author looks at one of the frescoes that Fra Angelico painted in the cells of San Marco, in Florence. In particular, the apparition in the first cell was that of the body restored to life after death, the transfigured body par excellence, the body of resurrection. The author realizes with surprise that Angelico had raised the line of the horizon, so that, on close examination, the ground seemed almost to be lifted up and to prevent entry into that space: closed off by a fence at the top, in the distance, but apparently open and welcoming at the front, the place was in fact excluding him. The space of the event was continuous and enfolding: the cell and garden were one and the same, and the soul-Magdalen was introduced into the presence of her transfigured Lord, and thus invited to transfigure herself into his likeness.
