Client, illuminators, and scribe identified: one of the most beautiful Beatus manuscripts in the world and certainly the best documented
Beatus of Liébana - Girona Codex
Scriptorium of the Monastery of San Salvador de Tábara (Spain) — 975

Beatus of Liébana - Girona Codex
Scriptorium of the Monastery of San Salvador de Tábara (Spain) — 975
Maybe the most attractive and best documented of the Apocalypse commentaries of Beatus de Liébana
The manuscript's patron, illuminators, scribe, date, and place of origin are all documented
124 high-quality miniatures in subdued colors and costly gold and silver adornments
Beatus of Liébana - Girona Codex
- Girona Beatus
- Beatus of Gerona
- Beato de Liébana, códice del Monasterio de San Salvador de Tábara, Zamora
- Beatus von Girona
- Beato di Girona
- Béatus de Gérone
Short Description
The Girona Codex from the series of Beatus-manuscripts is the most attractively decorated and best documented work of the apocalypse manuscripts by Beatus de Liébana. It contains 124 high-quality miniatures in subdued colors and costly adornments of gold and silver.
Beatus of Liébana - Girona Codex
Beatus de Liébana was a monk and theologian who belonged to the Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana in modern Spain. The monk is known above all else for this main work, a commentary on the biblical Apocalypse in twelve books. The Girona Codex is one of these books. It is an especially interesting and striking fragment of the twelve-part series of books. The manuscript arose in the second half of the 10th century and contains 124 miniatures richly embellished with gold and silver in all.
A Successful Collaboration
Alongside Beatus, the author of the Girona Codex, other involved person were also named. In doing so, the master of the work easily identified something that was rarely the case with Romanesque codices. Even the date of its origin was noted. The document originated ca. 975 at the behest of Abbot Dominicus. As illuminators, the nun En and the monk Emterius were named. The meticulous script of the text was completed by the scribe Senior. The gifted collective produced one of the most elegant and artful codices from the series of Beatus-Apocalypses.
The Finest Illumination
The valuable manuscript begins with a series of miniatures, which are to be found in no other Beatus-codex. A two-page depiction of heaven in six concentric circles opens the work. Hereupon follows a cycle of six full-page miniatures about the life of Christ, in which, among others, scenes of the crucifixion and descent into hell are depicted. The full-page, framed miniatures show astonishingly diverse and fantastical representations. The colors of the pictures appear subdued and unagitated. Numerous miniatures are adorned with gold and silver. The valuable original edition of the manuscript is housed today in the Girona Cathedral in Spain.
Codicology
- Alternative Titles
- Girona Beatus
Beatus of Gerona
Beato de Liébana, códice del Monasterio de San Salvador de Tábara, Zamora
Beatus von Girona
Beato di Girona
Béatus de Gérone - Size / Format
- 568 pages / 40.0 x 26.0 cm
- Date
- 975
- Epochs
- Style
- Genre
- Language
- Illustrations
- 124 illuminations decorated with gold and silver
- Artist / School
- Author: Beatus of Liébana (died after 798)
Minaturist: Emerterius (priest), Ende (nun)
Scirbe: Senior (priest)
2 available facsimile edition(s) of „Beatus of Liébana - Girona Codex“
Beato de Gerona
- Publisher
- Edilan – Madrid
- Binding
- Leather
- Commentary
-
1 volume by Henry A. Sanders, Jaime Marqués de Casanovas, José Camón Aznar and Tomás Marín Martínez
Language: Spanish - More Information
- Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.
Beato de Liébana, códice del Monasterio de San Salvador de Tábara, Zamora
- Publisher
- M. Moleiro Editor – Barcelona, 2003
- Limited Edition
- 987 copies
- Binding
- Tanned leather
- Commentary
-
1 volume (334 pages) by Gabriel Roura i Güibas and Carlos Miranda García-Tejedor
Languages: English, Spanish - More Information
- Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.
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