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.
ISBN: | 9789462980624 |
Publication date: | 6th April 2017 |
Author: | John Williams, Therese Martin |
Publisher: | Amsterdam University Press |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 292 pages |
Series: | Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia |
Genres: |
History of art Exhibition catalogues and specific collections History and Archaeology |