Berengaudus (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. DESCRIPTION: Limited facsimile edition, copy No. 92 of 1,000 numbered copies issued for sale to members of the Folio Society, with a further 20 lettered copies not for sale. Two volumes housed together in the publisher's burgundy buckram Solander box. A full-size facsimile of the celebrated thirteenth-century Getty Apocalypse, MS Ludwig III 1 (83.MC.72), J. Paul Getty Museum, formerly known as the Dyson Perrins Apocalypse. The manuscript was produced in England circa 1255-1260 and combines the Book of Revelation with the medieval commentary attributed to Berengaudus. Facsimile volume comprising 41 leaves reproducing the manuscript in full colour, with 82 miniatures, the original gold and silver effects replicated in metallic foil. Printed and gold-foiled by Windles on Furioso blade-coated paper, with gilt and shuffled edges and ribbon marker. Hand-bound by Smith Settle in burgundy Nigerian goatskin with vegetable parchment sides, the upper board elaborately blocked in colour and gilt to a design by David Eccles; all edges gilt. Accompanied by The Getty Apocalypse: Commentary by Nigel J. Morgan, London: The Folio Society, 2011, 136 pages with extensive black-and-white illustrations and plates; bound in burgundy buckram with gilt dragon device and gilt spine lettering. The commentary includes historical and codicological discussion, analysis of the illustrations, and translations of the Revelation text and the commentary of Berengaudus. Both volumes contained in the original gilt- and black-decorated burgundy buckram Solander presentation box. CONDITION: Fine overall. Facsimile volume exceptionally well preserved: Nigerian goatskin spine clean and supple, gilt ornaments bright, vegetable-parchment boards clean and flat, coloured and gilt upper-board decoration crisp and vivid, corners sharp, binding firm, and all edges gilt bright. Contents clean and sound. The apparent stains, discoloration, early inscriptions, shelf marks, bookplates, labels and sketches visible within the facsimile are intentionally reproduced features of the original medieval manuscript and its subsequent provenance and are not condition defects in this copy. Commentary volume Fine, with clean burgundy cloth, bright gilt decoration and lettering, sharp boards and corners, and clean fresh contents. Publisher's Solander box also very well preserved, clean and structurally sound, with bright spine decoration and only negligible evidence, if any, of handling. No dust jackets, as issued. A particularly attractive, complete copy of this elaborate Folio Society manuscript facsimile. BACKGROUND: The Getty Apocalypse is a mid-thirteenth-century English illuminated manuscript of the Book of Revelation, produced circa 1255-1260 during one of the great periods of Gothic manuscript illumination in England. The work combines the biblical text of Revelation with the traditional medieval commentary attributed to Berengaudus, and is distinguished by an extensive sequence of vividly coloured miniatures depicting the visionary imagery of St John. The manuscript is now preserved in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, where it is catalogued as MS Ludwig III 1 (83.MC.72). Before entering the Getty collection it was well known as the Dyson Perrins Apocalypse, after the celebrated English collector C. W. Dyson Perrins, and it later passed through the collections of other important manuscript owners and dealers. The Folio Society's 2011 edition was conceived as a high-quality facsimile of the original manuscript, reproducing not only its illuminated pages but also many of its physical and historical characteristics. The accompanying commentary is by Nigel J. Morgan, a leading authority on English medieval illuminated manuscripts and Apocalypse cycles. The edition therefore appeals both as a finely produced collector's book and as a scholarly facsimile of an important surviving example of medieval English book art.…