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Apocalypse Illuminated:

The Visual Exegesis of Revelation in Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts
  • ISBN-13: 9780271078656
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Richard K. Emmerson
  • Price: AUD $130.00
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  • Local release date: 16/04/2018
  • Format: Hardback 288 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Photography & photographs [AJ]
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Studies the illustration of Revelation in manuscripts from the ninth to the fifteenth century. Examines how twenty-five of the most important illustrated Apocalypses illustrate the biblical text and interpret it for diverse audiences.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1 John’s Apocalypse and Its Interpretation

2 The First Illustrated Apocalypses

3 Beatus Apocalypses and Spanish Monasticism

4 The Apocalypse Allegorized, Moralized, and Historicized

5 The Epitome of Apocalypse Illustration: The Anglo-French Tradition

6 The Apocalypse at the End of the Middle Ages

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Manuscripts

Index of Biblical References

General Index


“[I]t is his sympathetic grasp of how the images function, grounded in an extensive knowledge of the manuscripts and the subtle nuances of medieval exegetical traditions, which makes this book so compelling. Readers will find in Emmerson a trustworthy and illuminating guide, like the interpreting angel of John’s Apocalypse or the ever present figure of John himself.”

—Ian Boxall, Review of Biblical Literature

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