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Página de un comentario del Apocalipsis de San Juan

ca. 1180
Not on view
Los manuscritos iluminados denominados Beatos, que solo existen en la España medieval, hacen patente el elevado nivel artístico e intelectual de la cultura monástica española. Representan una visión del fin del mundo acorde con la narración de San Juan en el Apocalipsis (Libro de las Revelaciones) interpretada por el Beato de Liébana, un monje asturiano del siglo VIII. En esta ilustración, la trompeta del quinto ángel anuncia acontecimientos tan aterradores como ultramundanos: el humo del averno oscurece el sol, amenazantes langostas estriadas pican a sus víctimas con colas similares a la del escorpión, y los muertos vivientes piden misericordia. El folio proviene de un manuscrito que se desmembró en la década de 1870.

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Object Information
  • Título: Página de un comentario del Apocalipsis de San Juan
  • Fecha: ca. 1180
  • Geografía: España, Castilla y León, procedente del monasterio benedictino de San Pedro de Cardeña
  • Material: Temple, oro, tinta sobre pergamino
  • Dimensiones: 44,5 x 30 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, Colección de Los Claustros, Fondos Rogers y Harris Brisbane Dick, y legado de Joseph Pulitzer, 1991
  • Número de inventario: 1991.232.10
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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