Página de um comentário do Apocalipse de São João

Espanha, Castilla e León, do monastério Beneditino de São Pedro de Cardeña

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Os manuscritos ilustrados do Beato, que só existem na Espanha medieval, são testemunhos do elevado nível artístico e intelectual da cultura monástica espanhola. Eles representam uma visão do fim do mundo, de acordo com a narrativa de São João no Apocalipse (Livro do Apocalipse) interpretada pelo beato de Liébana, um monge das Astúrias do século VIII. Na ilustração que aparece neste fólio, a trombeta do quinto anjo anuncia acontecimentos tão aterrorizantes quanto sobrenaturais: a fumaça obscurece o sol, lagostas listradas ameaçadoras picam suas vítimas com cauda similares à de um escorpião e os mortos-vivos imploram por misericórdia. Este fólio faz parte de um manuscrito que se desfez na década de 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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