Saint-Sever Beatus Explained

The Saint-Sever Beatus, also known as the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8878), is a Romanesque Illuminated manuscript from the 11th century.^[1] The manuscript was made at Saint-Sever Abbey, then in the Duchy of Gascony, under the direction of Gregory of Montaner, abbot between 1028 and 1072. It is believed that the primary artist-scribe who illustrated the manuscript was Stephanus Garsia (who signed his name on folio 6), working alongside other unnamed individuals.^[2]

The manuscript contains the Commentary on the Apocalypse of Beatus of Liébana, a commentary on Daniel by Saint Jerome and a treatise on the Virgin Mary by Saint Ildefonsus.^{[3] [4]} Parts of it are displayed in the Musée des Jacobins in Saint-Sever.

External links

• Information and many pictures
• Facsimile edition, with information on the Commentary on the Apocalypse and sample illustrations

Notes and References

1. Lewis . Suzanne . 2003 . Review of The Illustrated Beatus: A Corpus of the Illustrations of the Commentary on the Apocalypse, 3: The Tenth and Eleventh Centuries . Speculum . 78 . 3 . 1014–1016 . 10.1017/S0038713400132506 . 20060885 . 0038-7134.
2. Book: Wolfe, Shiela Pugh . Christus Traditor: The Traditiones on the Evangelist Pages of the Beatus of St. Sever . Ohio State University . 1972.
3. Book: Duzer . Chet Van . 1 Description of Huntington HM 83 . Dines . Ilya . 2016-01-01 . Brill . 978-90-04-30727-8 . en.
4. Book: Lecaque, Thomas . 5 Reading Raymond: The Bible of Le Puy, the Cathedral Library and the Literary Background of the Liber of Raymond of Aguilers . 2017-01-01 . Brill . 978-90-04-34121-0 . en.