Description
The visionary nature of the Apocalypse—the biblical book of Revelation—in conjunction with its detailed descriptions of the end of the world have long made it ideal for illustration. Illuminated texts of the Apocalypse were particularly popular in thirteenth-century England, and the copy within the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, with its energetic narrative miniatures, stands as a testament to the artistic heights achieved all the way through that period.
In this richly illustrated book, all eighty-two of the manuscript’s images are reproduced in color for the first time. They’re accompanied by a full observation. A general introduction to the history of thirteenth-century English illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts is followed by a succinct study of the artistic context of the Getty’s manuscript, in addition to a consideration of its style and date. The remainder of the observation is devoted to a stylistic and iconographic analysis of the manuscript’s images; there could also be a whole translation of the text.