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A Spanish apocalypse : the Morgan Beatus manuscript: PB 971091

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Spanish apocalypse : the Morgan Beatus manuscript

Maker(s)

Author: Maius
Contributor: Williams, John (scholar)
Contributor: Shailor, Barbara A.
Publisher: George Braziller
Publisher: Pierpont Morgan Library

Categories

Description

Introduction and commentaries by John Williams ; codicological analysis by Barbara A. Shailor.

"Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript (M. 644) in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York"--T.p. verso.
"M. 644. Super Apocalypsim ... written and illuminated in Spain in 926 by Maius"--Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236)

239 p : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 36 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1997)

Dating

Production date: AD 1991

Note

Bound in red cloth, gold stamped

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 971091
Primary reference Number: 118576
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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