A Spanish apocalypse
Subtitle: the Morgan Beatus manuscript
By: introduction and commentaries by John Williams ; codicological analysis by Barbara A. Shailor.
Contributors: Williams, John, 1928 Feb. 25-; Shailor, Barbara A., 1948-; Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana, d. 798.; Pierpont Morgan Library.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: G. Braziller in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana, d. 798. -- Illustrations; Pierpont Morgan Library; Ashburnham-Morgan Beatus (Manuscript) -- Illustrations; Bible. N.T. Revelation -- Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval; Illumination of books and manuscripts -- New York (State) -- New York; Manuscripts -- New York (State) -- New York
Other titles: Ashburnham-Morgan Beatus (Manuscript)
Description: Superbly reproduced here in pages that photographically duplicate the vivid, colorful leaves of the original work, the medieval manuscript known as the Morgan Beatus is the illustrated Commentary on the Apocalypse of St. John, coupled with St. Jerome's Commentary on Daniel, which is customarily appended to it. The work was first compiled in the 8th century by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, and has been preserved at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York since 1919. All 131 of the exquisite illustrations and illuminations are presented along with their Latin text, and the volume provides substantial commentary on the manuscript.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236).
"Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript (M. 644) in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York"--T.p. verso.
"M. 644. Super Apocalypsim ... written and illuminated in Spain in 926 by Maius"--Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada.