Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Seven Angels Hold the Cups of the Seven Last Plagues; The Hymn of the Lamb

Spanish

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Aunque los comentarios al Apocalipsis de Beato seguían siendo populares, los iluminadores del siglo XII reemplazaron las referencias a la arquitectura andalusí visibles en algunas copias anteriores, como la que se encuentra en la entrada de esta galería, con formas románicas más actualizadas. Los iluminadores de estas páginas se inspiraron en las tradiciones visuales de dos regiones remotas, Inglaterra y Bizancio, lo que pone de manifiesto la orientación de los mecenas y los artistas monásticos hacia otros territorios cristianos a finales del siglo XII.







The Apocalypse commentaries of Beatus continued to enjoy popularity, though twelfth-century illuminators replaced the quotations of Andalusi architecture seen in earlier copies, such as the one at this gallery’s entrance, with more up-to-date Romanesque forms. The illuminators of these pages found inspiration in the visual traditions of two far-flung locations, England and Byzantium, signaling Spanish monastic artists’ and patrons’ orientation toward other Christian lands in the later twelfth century.

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Seven Angels Hold the Cups of the Seven Last Plagues; The Hymn of the Lamb, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, Spanish

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