Visions of the End in Medieval Spain: Catalogue of Illustrated Beatus Commentaries on the Apocalypse and Study of the Geneva Beatus

This is the first study to bring together all twenty-nine extant copies of the medieval Commentary on the Apocalypse, which was originally written by Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana. John Williams, a renowned expert on the Commentary, shares a lifetime of study and offers new insights on these striki...

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Main Author: Williams, John (Author)
Other Authors: Martin, Therese (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2016]
Series:Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia
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Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-29
DE-739
DE-858
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Summary:This is the first study to bring together all twenty-nine extant copies of the medieval Commentary on the Apocalypse, which was originally written by Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana. John Williams, a renowned expert on the Commentary, shares a lifetime of study and offers new insights on these strikingly illustrated manuscripts. As he shows, the Commentary responded to differing monastic needs within the shifting context of the Middle Ages. Of special interest is a discussion of the recently discovered Geneva copy: one of only three commentaries to be written outside of the Iberian Peninsula, this manuscript shows both close affinities to the Spanish model and fascinating deviations from it in terms of its script and style of illustrations
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)
Physical Description:1 online resource 105 color plates, 30 halftones, 2 line drawings
ISBN:9789048530014
DOI:10.1515/9789048530014