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Author Williams, John.

Title Visions of the End in Medieval Spain
Published Amsterdam University Press 2017

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Description 1 online resource
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 Never before have all twenty-nine illustrated copies of the Beatus Commentaries on the Apocalypse been brought together for comparative analysis in a single volume. John Williams, renowned expert on the Commentaries, offers here his updated considerations on the material, revising and summing up a lifetime of study on these strikingly illuminated manuscripts. Dating from the early to central Middle Ages, the Spanish phenomenon of the Commentary on the Apocalypse responded to differing monastic needs within the shifting context of the Middle Ages. The volume also presents an in-depth study of the recently discovered Geneva Beatus. One of only three Commentaries written outside the Iberian Peninsula, this manuscript closely follows a Spanish model but was written in a Beneventan script and painted in a style dramatically different from the original
Analysis manuscripts
spain
history
byzantine and medieval art c 500 ce to c 1400
art and design styles
the arts
commentary on the apocalypse
history of art
beatus
Notes Knowledge Unlatched 103498 KU Round 2
English
SUBJECT Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana, -798. In Apocalipsin
Beato de Santo Domingo de Silos. cantic
Subject Manuscripts, Medieval -- Spain
Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscrits medievals.
Spain
Genre/Form technical reports.
Technical reports.
Rapports techniques.
Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789462980624
9462980624
9789048530014
9048530016