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Author Williams, John, 1928 February 25-2015, author.

Title Visions of the end in medieval Spain : catalogue of illustrated Beatus commentaries on the Apocalypse and study of the Geneva Beatus / John Williams ; edited by Therese Martin
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Series Late antique and early medieval Iberia ; 3
Late antique and early medieval Iberia ; 3.
Contents Visions of the end in medieval Spain -- The census -- Introduction to the Geneva Beatus -- Geneva illustrations with apocalyptic storiae and the analysis of the images
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
Analysis manuscripts
spain
commentary on the apocalypse
beatus
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index
Notes Undetermined
Print version record
Subject Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana, -798. In Apocalipsin.
SUBJECT Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana, -798. In Apocalipsin
Beatus Liebanensis -798 In apocalypsin commentarius gnd
In Apocalipsin (Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana) fast
Genfer Beatus gnd
Beatus-Apokalypsen gnd
Subject Manuscripts, Medieval -- Spain
History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400.
ART -- Folk & Outsider Art.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Folkcrafts.
Manuscripts, Medieval
Buchmalerei
Illuminierte Handschrift
Spain
Italien -- Süd
Spanien
Form Electronic book
Author Martin, Therese, editor.
LC no. 2017436858
ISBN 9789048530014
9048530016
9462980624
9789462980624