Berry Apocalypse

MS M.133 The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, United States)

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Alternative Titles: Berry-Apokalypse
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 87 folios / 30.2 × 20.8 cm
Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1400–1415
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Gothic
Genre: Apocalypses / Beatus
Language: French
Script: Bastarda
Illustrations: 85 full-page miniatures
Content: The Book of Revelation with the corresponding commentary from the text 'Expositio super septum visions in Apocalypsis' by the Benedictine monk Berengaudus
Artist / School: Master of the Berry Apocalypse
Previous Owners: John, Duke of Berry
Malvoisin family
Comtes de la Tour du Pin
J. F. A. du Puget comte de Nadaillac
Ellis and White
Theodore Irwin
John Pierpont Morgan Senior

1 available facsimile edition(s) of „Berry Apocalypse“

Die Berry-Apokalypse

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1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size)

Limited Edition: 900 copies
Commentary: 1 volume by Richard K. Emmerson
Languages: German, English

The academic commentary volume by Richard K. Emmerson contains explanations of the history and philological peculiarities as well as descriptions of all miniatures and initials of the original manuscript.
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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