9780807612620 - A Spanish Apocalypse: The Morgan Beatus Manuscript von Williams, John; Shailor, Barbara A. (2 Ergebnisse)

35.5 x 27 cm, red cloth hardcover with dust jacket, 240 pages, intr. in English, spine of dust jacket discoloured, endpapers slightly damaged from tape removal, ex-libris stamp on title page, binding a little shaky, although still in very good condition, see picture. Published in association with The Pierpont Morgan Library. Presents a facsimile and commentary on the Morgan Beatus manuscript, a medieval illuminated Apocalypse tradition. 2280g.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. DJ faded, owner's plate. 239 pages : illustrations, colour facsimiles, map ; 36 cm. Notes: Facsimile reproductions, in full colour, of all the illuminated leaves contained in the manuscript New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M. 644 (the "Morgan Beatus"), accompanied by critical essays, commentary, and notes In the original manuscript, the illuminations accompany a commentary on the Book of the Apocalypse compiled in the eighth century by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liebana "Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript (M. 644) in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York"--Title page verso "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.