Page d'un commentaire de l'Apocalypse de saint Jean

Espagnol

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Les manuscrits enluminés de Beatus, trésor inégalé de l’Espagne médiévale, témoignent de la virtuosité artistique et de la profondeur intellectuelle de la culture monastique espagnole. Ils illustrent la fin du monde telle que la décrit saint Jean dans l’Apocalypse (« Révélation ») et que l’interprète ici Beatus de Liébana, moine asturien du VIIIe siècle. Sur cette page, les événements annoncés par la trompette du cinquième ange sont aussi terrifiants que surnaturels : la fumée surgie de l’enfer obscurcit le soleil, d’inquiétantes sauterelles rayées aiguillonnent leurs victimes de leur queue de scorpion, et les damnés implorent miséricorde. Il s’agit d’une page d’un manuscrit désassemblé dans les années 1870.

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, Spanish

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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, Spanish
Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment, Spanish

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