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RE: Illuminated Manuscripts at the Getty Museum Took Me Back to the Book of Kells (and Had Me Briefly Considering a Vow of Chastity)
although i cant express with words how amazing i feel watching this form of art i tend to believe that mostly everything about those religious book came out of fear. ofc there are a few people that did it out of love for god but most of them did it either from fear as you said too about hell or if i may add fear of dying from those that assign them the job
That's probably true. There are a lot of illuminated manuscripts that depict hell and suffering also. I'm sure fear was a part of it, as it has been used in many religions.
on the other hand though as you said once again too it is very remarkable for those that did it out of love for god and one of the greatest question of all times is still legit ''what a human is capable of?''