Description
2023 facsimile edition of the Latin manuscript 14410 from the National Library of France, “Figurative Apocalypse of the Abbey of Saint Victor,” 13th century (ca. 1275–1300). The enigma of the Apocalypse in images.
Bound in brown leather with blind tooling, raised bands with title label, 23.5 x 32.5 cm. 84 beautifully illustrated pages with 83 miniatures embellished with gold. Written in Latin and produced in France.
Presented in a protective slipcase of wood and illustrated cloth, 27.5 x 36 x 4 cm.
Includes a companion study book, bound in illustrated hardcover, 21.7 x 30.5 cm. Texts by Elisa Ruiz García and Dieter Röschel.
Limited edition of 505 copies without Roman numerals, authenticated by a notary public. Copy in perfect condition, complete, new, unused.
The style of the 83 miniatures contained in this elegant codex can be identified with the prolific Norman school, characterized by its marked influence from late 13th-century English miniatures. Stained-glass windows produced in Normandy, particularly in Évreux and Coutances, show a stylistic similarity, perhaps relevant to understanding its Norman origin.
While apocalyptic miniatures contemporary to this manuscript reflect pain and horror in their figures and are often charged with aggression (the monsters roar, and one can almost feel their fiery breath and the earth trembling beneath their feet), the images that fill the folios of the Apocalypse of the Abbey of Saint Victor radiate an extraordinary sensitivity and refinement.
The style of his miniatures, characterized by the elegant, slow movements of the figures, the rich nuances of the colors used, and the realism in the portraits, is unparalleled in Parisian or English painting of the first half of the 14th century.
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