《圣约翰启示录注释》中的一页

西班牙

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带插图的“贝徒斯手抄本”是中世纪西班牙独有的艺术形式，它们见证了西班牙修道院文化中的艺术高度和智识水平。这些手抄本把圣约翰在《启示录》中记录的世界末日景象通过八世纪亚斯都里阿斯修道士——列巴拿的贝徒斯的视角表现得栩栩如生。在这页插图上，第五位天使的号角所预示的事情既可怕又超脱尘世：从坑里往上冒的烟使日头都昏暗了，带条纹的凶恶蝗虫用蝎子式的尾端蛰人，未死的人苦苦乞求怜悯。这页插图来自一部在1870年代拆开的手抄本。

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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