25 medieval manuscripts you can look at online right now.
The Beatus of Saint Sever Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 8878 (France, ca. 1028-1072 AD)
"A good medieval illuminated Apocalypse should still be a bit disturbing to look through, even today. If you ask me, this Romanesque edition with its flat, expressive, colourful compositions fits the bill nicely."
Ah, yes, the Frogs of the Apocalypse, Revelation 16. Vomited forth just before Armageddon by the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet.
ReplyDeleteOne can see why that would attract an aspiring illuminator's imagination. Some of them were rather the Marvel Comics of the their time.
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