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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Undetermined. |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Late antique and early medieval Iberia ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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"--Publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789048530014 9048530016 9462980624 9789462980624 |