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The Douce Apocalypse : picturing the end of the world in the Middle Ages / Nigel Morgan.
LIBRA ND3361.R52 B636 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgan, Nigel J.
- Series:
- Treasures from the Bodleian Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Douce Apocalypse--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Douce Apocalypse.
- Bible. Revelation--Illustrations.
- Bible.
- Bible. Revelation--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible. Revelation.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, English.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic--England.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 115 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2006.
- Summary:
- One of the finest of all medieval apocalypse manuscripts, the Douce Apocalypse was part of a series of illuminated texts that brought St. John's apocalyptic visions to life. Now the manuscript--created sometime between 1250 and 1275--reaches an entirely new audience at the hands of noted scholar Nigel Morgan. "The Douce Apocalypse "explores the manuscript's royal patronage, looks at its fascinating imagery, and examines its significance in light of contemporary prophecy. The commentary is accompanied by lush, full-color illustrations. As Morgan relates, the Douce Apocalypse is especially enlightening because of its unfinished nature. A few of its images remain incomplete--and such absences give insight into the artist's painstaking techniques of drawing, gilding, and painting. The second volume in the Treasures from the Bodleian Library series, "The Douce Apocalypse" will convey both the beauty of the original and the enduring fascination of its contents.
- Contents:
- Patron and date of production
- The illustrated apocalypse in thirteenth-century England
- Style of the artists
- Techniques of illumination
- Brief description of the manuscript
- The apocalypse pictures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1851243607
- 9781851243600
- OCLC:
- 64747433
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