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Pagina di un Commentario all'Apocalisse di san Giovanni

ca. 1180
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I manoscritti miniati del Beato di Liébana, opere esclusive della Spagna medievale, testimoniano la raffinatezza e la qualità intellettuale della cultura monastica di quei luoghi. Illustrano la visione della fine del mondo descritta da san Giovanni nell’Apocalisse (Libro della Rivelazione) e filtrata attraverso la lente del Beato di Liébana, un monaco asturiano dell’ VIII secolo. In questa miniatura, gli eventi annunciati dalla tromba del quinto angelo sono tanto terrificanti quanto soprannaturali: il fumo che si innalza dalla buca oscura il sole, minacciose locuste a strisce pungono le loro vittime con le code simili a scorpioni, e i morti viventi chiedono pietà. La pagina proviene da un manoscritto smembrato tra il 1870 e il 1880.

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Object Information
  • Titolo: Pagina di un Commentario all'Apocalisse di san Giovanni
  • Data: ca. 1180
  • Area geografica: Castilla y León, proveniente dal monastero benedettino di San Pedro de Cardeña
  • Cultura: Spagnolo
  • Materiale e tecnica: Tempera, oro, inchiostro su pergamena
  • Dimensioni: 44,5 x 30 cm
  • Crediti: Acquistato, The Cloisters Collection, fondi Rogers e Harris Brisbane Dick, e lascito di Joseph Pulitzer, 1991
  • Numero d'inventario: 1991.232.10
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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