ABSTRACT
The manuscript entitled Liber Floridus (c. 1121, Ghent, UB MS 92) contains several enigmatic plant and tree paintings, including depictions of a palm tree, eight plants, a lily, a good and a bad tree, and a tree being cut down. Research into the meaning of these images is based on the two extant copies. The copies in the Royal Library in The Hague are a manuscript from 1460 (MS 72 A 23) and a manuscript dated 1512 (MS 128 C 4). A plant world unfolds that is filled with Christian virtues and values, but that can also symbolise the bad qualities found in man.
