English Apocalypse Manuscripts

English Apocalypse Manuscripts

Illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts are manuscripts that contain the text of Revelation and/or a commentary on Revelation and also illustrations. Many of the more famous Apocalypse manuscripts were made in England c. 1250-1400.

Paul Meyer and Léopold Delisle, in their book "L’Apocalypse en français au XIIIe siècle (Paris MS fr. 403)", 2 vols., Paris, 1900-1, were the first scholars to try to list, describe and categorise the English Apocalypse manuscripts.

M. R. James also wrote about illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts in his book "The Apocalypse in Art", London, 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 text, others have an Anglo-Norman 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 different iconographic groups. Interestingly, the manuscripts with a Latin text all belong to the same iconographic family. With a few exceptions, this is also true of the manuscripts with the French prose texts and also with the French verse-Latin texts.

This is a complete list of known English Apocalypse manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries.

*Berlin, Kupferstichkabinet Blatt Inv. No. 1247
*Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale MS II.282
*Cambrai, Bibliotheque Municipal MS 422 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Cambrai_Bibliotheque_Municipal_MS_422 Cambrai Apocalypse]
*Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 20 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Cambridge_Corpus_Christi_College_MS_20 Corpus Apocalypse]
*Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 394
*Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS Add. 317
*Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS McClean 123 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Cambridge_Fitzwilliam_Museum_MS_McClean_123 Nuneaton Book]
*Cambridge, Magdelene College MS F.4.5 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Cambridge_Magdelene_College_MS_F45 Crowland Apocalypse]
*Cambridge, Magdelene College MS Pepys 1803 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Cambridge_Magdelene_College_MS_Pepys_1803 Pepys Apocalypse]
*Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.2
*Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.6
*Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.16.2 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Cambridge_Trinity_College_MS_R162 Trinity Apocalypse]
*Cambridge, University Library MS Gg 1.1
*Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliothek MS Thott 89.4
*Dublin, Trinity College MS 64 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Dublin_Trinity_College_MS_64 Dublin Apocalypse]
*Eton College Library MS 177 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Eton_College_Library_MS_177 Eton Apocalypse]
*Lisbon, Gulbenkian Museum MS L.A.139 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Lisbon_Gulbenkian_Museum_MS_LA139 Gulbenkian Apocalypse]
*London, British Library MS Add. 18633
*London, British Library MS Add. 35166
*London, British Library MS Add. 38842
*London, British Library MS Add. 42555 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=London_British_Library_MS_Add_42555 Abingdon Apocalypse]
*London, British Library MS Royal 15.D.II [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=London_British_Library_MS_Royal_15DII Welles/Greenfield Apocalypse]
*London, British Library MS Royal 19.B.XV [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=London_British_Library_MS_Royal_15DII Queen Mary Apocalypse]
*London, British Library MS Royal 2.D.XIII
*London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 209 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Los_Angeles_J_Paul_Getty_Museum_MS_Ludwig_III1 Lambeth Apocalypse]
*London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 434
*London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 75
*Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum MS Ludwig III.1 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Los_Angeles_J_Paul_Getty_Museum_MS_Ludwig_III1 Getty/Dyson Perins Apocalypse]
*Metz, Bibliotheque Municipal MS Salis 38 (no longer extant) [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Metz_Bibliotheque_Municipal_MS_Salis_38 Metz Apocalypse]
*Moscow, State Lenin Library MS NH.1678
*New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.524 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=New_York_Pierpont_Morgan_Library_MS_M524 Morgan Apocalypse]
*New York, Public Library MS Spencer 57 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=New_York_Public_Library_MS_Spencer_57 Spencer Apocalypse]
*Norwich, Central Library MS 287 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=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 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Auct_D417 Bodleian Apocalypse]
*Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 401
*Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Canonici Bibl.62 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Canonici_Bibl62 Canonici Apocalypse]
*Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 180 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Douce_180 Douce Apocalypse]
*Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Selden Supra 38 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Selden_Supra_38 Selden Apocalypse]
*Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 184 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Oxford_Bodleian_Library_MS_Tanner_184 Tanner Apocalypse]
*Oxford, Lincoln College MS lat.16
*Oxford, New College MS D.65 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Oxford_New_College_MS_D65 New College Apocalypse]
*Oxford, University College MS 100
*Paris, Bibliotheque de Arsenal MS 5214
*Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale de France MS fr.403 [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Paris_Bibliotheque_Nationale_de_France_MS_fr403 Paris Apocalypse]
*Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale de France MS fr.9574
*Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale de France MS lat.10474
*Toulouse, Bibliotheque Municipal MS 815
*Yorkshire Apocalypse, private collection [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/main.php?view=Yorkshire_Apocalypse_private_collection Yorkshire Apocalypse]

External links

* [http://www.medievalarthistory.co.uk/Apocalypses.html Resources for English Apocalypse Manuscripts]


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