A Spanish Apocalypse : the Morgan Beatus manuscript /
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| Author / Creator: | Maius, active 926-968 |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : G. Braziller in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991. |
| Description: | 239 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 36 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1198053 |
| Summary: | 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 Liebana, 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. The volume may be slightly imperfect. |
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| Item Description: | Consists of reproductions of all of the illuminations in the Morgan Beatus Manuscript (M. 644) in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library. "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. |
| Physical Description: | 239 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 36 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0807612626 |