To follow up Otfried's very useful exposition, I was surprised at the
early relation of the senses of scripture to "visibilia". This is
something I have been led to relate to Richard of St Victor, who
specifically theorized four "modes" of seeing related to the four
levels of exegesis. See Madeline H. Caviness, "Images of Divine
Order and the Third Mode of Seeing," Gesta, vol. 22 (1983), 99-120.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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