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Illuminating the End of Time: The Getty Apocalypse Manuscript (Hardcover)
Description
The visionary nature of the Apocalypse—the biblical book of Revelation—along with its detailed descriptions of the end of the world have long made it ideal for illustration. Illuminated texts of the Apocalypse were particularly popular in thirteenth-century England, and the copy in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, with its lively narrative miniatures, stands as a testament to the artistic heights achieved during that period.
In this richly illustrated book, all eighty-two of the manuscript’s images are reproduced in color for the first time. They are accompanied by a full commentary. A general introduction to the history of thirteenth-century English illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts is followed by a succinct study of the artistic context of the Getty’s manuscript, as well as a consideration of its style and date. The rest of the commentary is devoted to a stylistic and iconographic analysis of the manuscript’s images; there is also a complete translation of the text.
About the Author
Nigel J. Morgan is one of the world’s leading authorities on English illuminated manuscripts of the Apocalypse. He is honorary professor of the history of art at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Corpus Christi College in the United Kingdom, and the author of The Lambeth Apocalypse (Harvey Miller Publishers, 1990) and The Douce Apocalypse: Picturing the End of the World in the Middle Ages (Bodleian Library, 2007).
Praise For…
“A unique example of a complete Apocalypse manuscript, offering a vivid insight into the fears of medieval England.”—Fine Books & Collections
“A facsimile that for all scholarly purposes is every bit as useful as something costing ten times the price.”—Times Literary Supplement
“Highly recommended.”—Burlington Magazine
“This volume is a beautifully-rendered facsimile. . . . Half of this oversized monograph is comprised of large, luxurious, full-page reproductions of the Apocalypse in which gold foil printing is used to recreate the original gilding.”—Art Libraries Society of North America
“The facsimile of the Getty Apocalypse Manuscript . . . is breathtaking.”—Catholic Sentinel