Second edition of the Gulbenkian Apocalypse art book. Features an in-depth analysis of this medieval illuminated manuscript (13th century) by experts (….), commentary on every illumination in this apocalypse (299 images) and transcripts of its texts. Splendid cloth binding with French-style flyleaves.
“I seek not first-class books but veritable masterpieces” wrote the engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869 - 1955) in a letter to Tommasso de Marinis in 1946.
“The Apocalypse with commentaries by Berengaud, made in England in c. 1265-1275, is undeniably one of the most outstanding works in the Gulbenkian collection, not only because of the remarkably lively and dramatic miniatures that illustrate the Bible text, but also because it is one of a small group of three Apocalypse manuscripts illuminated in England in the late 13th century.”
Isabel Mota President. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Second edition of the Gulbenkian Apocalypse art book. Features an in-depth analysis of this medieval illuminated manuscript (13th century) by experts (….), commentary on every illumination in this apocalypse (299 images) and transcripts of its texts. Splendid cloth binding with French-style flyleaves.
“I seek not first-class books but veritable masterpieces” wrote the engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869 - 1955) in a letter to Tommasso de Marinis in 1946.
“The Apocalypse with commentaries by Berengaud, made in England in c. 1265-1275, is undeniably one of the most outstanding works in the Gulbenkian collection, not only because of the remarkably lively and dramatic miniatures that illustrate the Bible text, but also because it is one of a small group of three Apocalypse manuscripts illuminated in England in the late 13th century.”
Isabel Mota President. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Details
Technical sheet:
Size: 225x335mm
Pages: 376
Illustrations: 299
Language: English & Spanish
ISBN: 978-84-16509-38-6
CONTENTS
Preface - Isabel Mota
From the editor to the reader. - Manuel Moleiro
The illustrated apocalypse in thirteenth century England and its historical contex - Nigel Morgan
The Apocalypse illustrations - Nigel Morgan
The commentary illustrations - Suzanne Lewis
Style, painting techniques, date and place of production - Nigel Morgan
Codicological and paleographical description - Aires Nascimento - Michelle P. Brown
Transcription of the text - Aires Nascimento
Description of illustration and translation of the text - Nigel Moran – Suzanne Lewis - Raquel Somoano
Summary description of illustration and text
Bibliography
Authors:
Manuel Moleiro - Publisher
Isabel Mota - Presidenta de la Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Nigel Morgan - Professor of Art History, University of Cambridge
Suzanne Lewis - Professor of Art History, Stanford University.
Aires Nascimento - Professor at the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon
Michelle P. Brown - Professor of medieval manuscript studies, University of London
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