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Paul Meyer and Léopold Delisle, in their book L'Apocalypse en français au XIII e siècle (Paris MS fr. 403), 2 vols., Paris, 1901, [1] were the first scholars to try to list, describe and categorize the Apocalypse manuscripts. M. R. James also wrote about illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts in his book The Apocalypse in Art, London, 1931. [2]
Williams, John, Early Spanish Manuscript Illumination New York: George Braziller, 1977. Williams, John. The Illustrated Beatus: A Corpus of the Illustrations of the Commentary on the Apocalypse, Volume 1, Introduction. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 1994.
Illustrations are believed to been included in the earliest manuscripts of the work, now lost. Williams cautions against talking of a consistent style in the manuscripts; though the subjects and often compositions remain much the same, the artistic style tends to follow wider developments across southern Europe, with a clear Romanesque style in later manuscripts.
The manuscript was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, who slightly examined its text in Book of Acts. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. [4] The Greek text of Apocalypse was examined by Herman C. Hoskier. Formerly it was labeled by 149 a, 349 p, and 180 r. In 1908 Gregory gave the number 620 to it. [1]
It may find an origin in the apocryphal Apocalypse of Thomas [3] and is found in many post-millennial manuscripts in Latin and in the vernacular. References to it occur in a great multitude and variety of literary works, and via the Cursor Mundi it may have found its way even into the early modern period, in the works of William Shakespeare .
The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 13th century. [4] In 1843 it was brought from the monastery in Locris. [6] It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (846) [5] and Gregory (757). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1886. [6] The text of the Apocalypse was collated by Herman C. Hoskier. [9]
Even though apocalyptic motifs are found in Early Christian art, there is no evidence of any existing apocalyptic manuscript until the Carolingian period. Apocalypse manuscripts were generally made in three different time periods: Carolingian, Ottonian, and Romanesque. [3] The Bamberg Apocalypse belongs in the category of Ottonian Apocalypses.
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