Picture Book of the Life of St John and the Apocalypse (1400) - Medieval illuminated manuscript

One of the most beautiful picture-book Apocalypses of the Middle Ages, written and painted on the territories of present-day Belgium. Currently housed in the British Library in London, and dated to circa 1400, this magnificent work stands out for its expressive colorful illustrations, endowed with an exquisite narrative eloquence. The Gothic script textualis semi-quadrata of impeccable penmanship complemented by the beauty and liveliness of the miniatures make this medieval illuminated manuscript a treasure of sacred art, directed toward intellectual and spiritual enrichment. 👉Info: Other illuminated Apocalypse manuscripts that may be of interest to you: 📖The Val-Dieu Apocalypse (c. 1330, Normandy): 📚Flemish Apocalypse (, Netherlands): 📜Apocalypse 1313 (c. 1313, France): Designed to narrate in images both the life of Saint John and the Book of Revelation in its entirety, this illuminated manuscript includes ninety-four large miniatures. They follow the most important episodes of the Apocalypse, such as: Saint John on Patmos, the Lamb of God surrounded by the Four Living Creatures or sounding of Seven Trumpets, but also portrays the four fearsome horsemen and, of course, the insatiable beast emerged from the abyss, the Antichrist. This facsimile edition based on our motto, “the art of perfection“, is a collector's item coveted by the greatest enthusiasts of arts and culture, and is accompanied by the most complete study of the manuscript by Richard K. Emmerson, Peter J. Kidd and Britt Boler Hunter. Make your library a unique place with the help of M. Moleiro Editor. 🎁Ask for a FREE catalog ► 👀Discover all our facsimiles ► ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chapters 00:00- Introduction 00:30- Manuscript content 01:29- Richard Emmerson: What is a picture-book Apocalypse? 02:36- Richard Emmerson: The visions of Saint John 02:58- Britt Boler Hunter: Illustrations and style 04:40- Britt Boler Hunter: Origins of the manuscript 05:35- Clues to the provenance 06:07- Making of the replica 06:38- Facsimile edition and companion volume ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Morgan Library & Museum. MS , fol. 6v. Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1908. Portrait of Philip the Bold © Manuel Cohen/Scala, Florence Marco Polo, Livre des merveilles, Français 2810, f. 226 © BnF Chroniques de Hainaut, MS 9242, f. 1r © KBR