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Illustrated
Gulbenkian apocalypse
*Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 20 : origin unknown (England or Northern Franc
Corpus Christi MS 20
*Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 39
Corpus Christi MS 394
*Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS Add. 317 *Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS McClean 123 (Nuneaton Book) *Cambridge, Magdelene College MS F.4.5 (Crowland Apocalypse) *Cambridge, Magdelene College MS Pepys 1803 (Pepys Apocalypse): origin unknown (England or Northern France) *Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.2 *Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.6 : origin unknown (England or Northern France) *Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.16.2 (Trinity Apocalypse) : origin unknown (England or Northern Franc
Trinity Apocalypse
*Cambridge, University Library MS Gg 1.1 *Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliothek MS Thott 89.4 *Dublin, Trinity College MS 64 (Dublin Apocalypse) *Eton College Library MS 177 (Eton Apocalypse) *Lisbon, Gulbenkian Museum MS L.A.139 (Gulbenkian Apocalypse) *London, British Library Add MS 1863
Add MS 18633
*London, British Library Add MS 3516
Add MS 35166
*London, British Library Add MS 3884
Add MS 38842
*London, British Library Add MS 4255
Abingdon Apocalypse
*London, British Library Royal MS 15 D I
The Welles Apocalypse
*London, British Library Royal MS 19 B X
Queen Mary Apocalypse
*London, British Library Royal MS 2 D XII
Royal MS 2 D XIII
*London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 20
Lambeth Apocalypse
*London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 434 *London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 75 *Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum MS Ludwig III.1
Getty (Dyson Perrins) Apocalypse
*Metz, Bibliothèque Municipale MS Salis 38 (no longer extant) (Metz Apocalypse) *Moscow, State Lenin Library MS NH.1678 *New York, Morgan Library 7 Museum MS M.524 (Morgan Apocalypse) *New York, Public Library MS Spencer 57 (Spencer Apocalypse) *Norwich, Central Library MS 287 (Norwich Apocalypse) *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 753 *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Auct D.4.14 *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Auct D.4.17 (Bodleian Apocalypse) *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 401 *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Canonici Bibl.62 (Canonici Apocalypse) *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 18
Douce Apocalypse
*Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Selden Supra 38 (Selden Apocalypse) *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 184 (Tanner Apocalypse) *Oxford, Lincoln College MS lat.16 *Oxford, New College MS D.65 (New College Apocalypse) *Oxford, University College MS 100 *Paris, Bibliothèque de Arsenal MS 5214 *Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS fr.403 (Paris Apocalypse) *Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS fr.9574 *Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS lat.10474 *Toulouse, Bibliothèque Municipale MS 81
Toulouse Apocalypse
*Yorkshire Apocalypse, private collection (Yorkshire Apocalypse)
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Apocalypse
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manuscripts are manuscript
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s that contain the text of Revelation
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or a commentary on Revelation and also illustrations. Most of these Apocalypses were written between 1250 and 1400. Careful, the English Apocalypses are part of a larger group of Apocalypses called: the Anglo-Norman Apocalypses.
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, in their book ''L'Apocalypse en français au XIIIe siècle (Paris MS fr. 403)'', 2 vols., Paris, 1901, were the first scholars to try to list, describe and categorize the Apocalypse manuscripts.
M. R. James
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also wrote about illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts in his book ''The Apocalypse in Art'', London, 1931.Montague Rhodes James, ''The Apocalypse in art'', Oxford, University Press., London, coll. « The Schweich Lectures 1927 », 1931.
Since M. R. James' work, there have been a number of more recent studies by R. Freyhan, George Henderson, Peter Klein, Suzanne Lewis, Nigel Morgan and Lucy Sandler.
These manuscripts can be divided by the language and form of the Apocalypse text. Many manuscripts have a Latin
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text, others have an Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to:
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prose text and others have a French verse text combined with a Latin text. Two manuscripts do not have a separate text, but incorporate excerpts from the text into the illustrations.
The illustrations can be divided into several iconographic
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groups.
This is a not exhaustive list of known English Apocalypse manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries.
*Berlin, Kupferstichkabinet Blatt Inv. No. 1247
*Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale MS II.28Gulbenkian apocalypse
*Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 20 : origin unknown (England or Northern Franc
Corpus Christi MS 20
*Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 39
Corpus Christi MS 394
*Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS Add. 317 *Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS McClean 123 (Nuneaton Book) *Cambridge, Magdelene College MS F.4.5 (Crowland Apocalypse) *Cambridge, Magdelene College MS Pepys 1803 (Pepys Apocalypse): origin unknown (England or Northern France) *Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.2 *Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.6 : origin unknown (England or Northern France) *Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.16.2 (Trinity Apocalypse) : origin unknown (England or Northern Franc
Trinity Apocalypse
*Cambridge, University Library MS Gg 1.1 *Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliothek MS Thott 89.4 *Dublin, Trinity College MS 64 (Dublin Apocalypse) *Eton College Library MS 177 (Eton Apocalypse) *Lisbon, Gulbenkian Museum MS L.A.139 (Gulbenkian Apocalypse) *London, British Library Add MS 1863
Add MS 18633
*London, British Library Add MS 3516
Add MS 35166
*London, British Library Add MS 3884
Add MS 38842
*London, British Library Add MS 4255
Abingdon Apocalypse
*London, British Library Royal MS 15 D IThe Welles Apocalypse
*London, British Library Royal MS 19 B X
Queen Mary Apocalypse
*London, British Library Royal MS 2 D XII
Royal MS 2 D XIII
*London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 20
Lambeth Apocalypse
*London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 434 *London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 75 *Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum MS Ludwig III.1
Getty (Dyson Perrins) Apocalypse
*Metz, Bibliothèque Municipale MS Salis 38 (no longer extant) (Metz Apocalypse) *Moscow, State Lenin Library MS NH.1678 *New York, Morgan Library 7 Museum MS M.524 (Morgan Apocalypse) *New York, Public Library MS Spencer 57 (Spencer Apocalypse) *Norwich, Central Library MS 287 (Norwich Apocalypse) *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 753 *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Auct D.4.14 *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Auct D.4.17 (Bodleian Apocalypse) *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 401 *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Canonici Bibl.62 (Canonici Apocalypse) *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 18
Douce Apocalypse
*Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Selden Supra 38 (Selden Apocalypse) *Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 184 (Tanner Apocalypse) *Oxford, Lincoln College MS lat.16 *Oxford, New College MS D.65 (New College Apocalypse) *Oxford, University College MS 100 *Paris, Bibliothèque de Arsenal MS 5214 *Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS fr.403 (Paris Apocalypse) *Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS fr.9574 *Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS lat.10474 *Toulouse, Bibliothèque Municipale MS 81
Toulouse Apocalypse
*Yorkshire Apocalypse, private collection (Yorkshire Apocalypse)
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