Apocalipsis 1313
Publisher: M. Moleiro Editor, S.A.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Barcelona, España
Language: frm
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9788496400184; 9788496400191
Subjects: Commentaries; Early works to 1800; Illustrations; Gothic Manuscripts; Facsimiles; Medieval Manuscripts; French Manuscripts; Gothic Illumination of books and manuscripts; French Illumination of books and manuscripts; Illumination of books and manuscripts; Christian art and symbolism; Medieval; Bible
Other titles: Apocalypsis 1313; Apocalypsis 1313
Work titles: Bible Revelation French (Middle French) Manuscript Bibliothèque nationale de France. Français 13096 2006
Notes: Complete facsimile edition of an illuminated manuscript currently housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France under the manuscript designation Fr. 13096. The original manuscript, an Apocalypse with commentary in early Middle French and illuminations in the northern Gothic style, was completed in October 1313 and signed by Colins Chadewe as the designer and illuminator (or the coordinator of the painting). It was perhaps produced in northeastern France or further down the Meuse River Valley, possibly (according to Marianne Besseyre) in Liège; according to Suzanne Lewis, it may have been produced in Paris by artists and scribes from northeastern France, commissioned by the Philippe IV, King of France, as a gift for his daughter Isabella, Queen consort of King Edward II of England. It was probably later held in the library of the Dukes of Burgundy.

Publication information and limited edition statement from notary's certificate of authenticity tipped onto leaf 167, which is attached to the inside back cover (page 3 of cover) and is dated August 21, 2006.

José Antonio Caneda Goyanes, Notary of Ourense, Colegio de Galicia, do hereby certify that the facsimile edition of Apocalypse 1313, the original of which is housed in the Bibiothèque nationale de France, Paris, under the shelf mark 'Fr. 13096,' is number ... in Arabic numerals of a single and unrepeatable, limited edition of 987 copies directed by Manuel Moleiro Rodríguez and published by M. Moleiro Editor, S.A. This same edition includes 77 copies in Roman numerals for the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Editor, and the Spanish Book catalogue. The foregoing is pursuant to document 1468 in my records which I authenticated on July 31st of the year two thounsand [that is, thousand] six --translation of Certificate of authenticity.

"D.L.: B-39773-2006"--Certificate of authenticity.

Facsimile edition lacks the inscription on the flyleaf (fol. 167) of the original manuscript: "L'an de l'Incarnation M. CCC. et XIII. le samedi apres le sain Donis fut parfais cis Apokalypse. Colins Chadewe l'ordinat et l'enluminat." Cf. Lewis, Suzanne. The Apocalypse of Isabella of France : Paris, Bibl. Nat. MS Fr. 13096. Art bulletin. New York : College Art Association, 1990, page 224, note 4.

Almost all leaves are printed on both sides, as pages (and in the original manuscript had writing and illuminations on both sides).

Issued in slipcase (25 cm).

Bound in tanned leather; special handmade paper; 184 illustrations, illuminated with gold; illuminated initials.

Leaf 165 of the original is torn, and the facsimile edition reproduces this state.

Art Bulletin, v. 72, no. 2, June 1990, pages 224-260

Text in early Middle French ; commentary in Spanish ; certificate of authenticity in Spanish.

Library owns copy number 515

Complemented by commentary: Besseyre, Marianne. Apocalipsis 1313 / Marianne Besseyre, Marie-Thérèse Gousset, Centre de recherche sur les manuscrits enluminés, BnF ; translation from French to Spanish, Manuel Serrat. Barcelona, Spain : M. Moleiro Editor, S.A., [2008]