Illuminating the End of Time
Subtitle: The Getty Apocalypse Manuscript
By: With a commentary by Nigel J. Morgan
Edition: Facsimile edition
Publisher: The J. Paul Getty Museum; J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
ISBN-13: 9781606060711
Subjects: Bible; J. Paul Getty Museum; Gothic Illumination of books and manuscripts; Facsimiles; Illustrations; Getty Apocalypse; English Illumination of books and manuscripts; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Other titles: Getty Apocalypse Manuscript
Description: "The visionary nature of the Apocalypse{u2014}the biblical book of Revelation{u2014}along with its detailed descriptions of the end of the world have long made it ideal for illustration. Illuminated texts of the Apocalypse were particularly popular in thirteenth-century England, and the copy in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, with its lively narrative miniatures, stands as a testament to the artistic heights achieved during that period. In this richly illustrated book, all eighty-two of the manuscript{u2019}s images are reproduced in color for the first time. They are accompanied by a full commentary. A general introduction to the history of thirteenth-century English illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts is followed by a succinct study of the artistic context of the Getty{u2019}s manuscript, as well as a consideration of its style and date. The rest of the commentary is devoted to a stylistic and iconographic analysis of the manuscript{u2019}s images; there is also a complete translation of the text." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references [pages 83-85] and index.

English commentary and translations.