Saint-Sever Beatus

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][2] 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.[3]

Beatus de Saint-Sever, Vision of the Son of Man. Paris, BNF, Ms. Lat. 8878, fols. 121v-122r

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.[4][5] Parts of it are displayed in the Musée des Jacobins in Saint-Sever.

Gallery

Frontispiece of the Beatus
Decorated initial
Genealogy of Jesus Christ
Angel transmitting the revelation of the apocalypse to John
Rain of fire and blood
Four Horsemen
The Deluge
Bird victorious over the serpent
Christ in Majesty
Angel throwing a dragon into the abyss

References

Sáenz, Sandra; Pérez, López (2016), "The Image of France in the Beatus Map of Saint-Sever*", Space in the Medieval West, doi:10.4324/9781315610115-12/image-france-beatus-map-saint-sever-sandra-sáenz-lópez-pérez, retrieved 2023-03-02
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. ISSN 0038-7134.
Wolfe, Shiela Pugh (1972). Christus Traditor: The Traditiones on the Evangelist Pages of the Beatus of St. Sever. Ohio State Unviersity.
Duzer, Chet Van; Dines, Ilya (2016-01-01). 1 Description of Huntington HM 83. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-30727-8.
Lecaque, Thomas (2017-01-01). 5 Reading Raymond: The Bible of Le Puy, the Cathedral Library and the Literary Background of the Liber of Raymond of Aguilers. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-34121-0.

External links

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

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[1] Sáenz, Sandra; Pérez, López (2016), "The Image of France in the Beatus Map of Saint-Sever*", Space in the Medieval West, doi:10.4324/9781315610115-12/image-france-beatus-map-saint-sever-sandra-sáenz-lópez-pérez, retrieved 2023-03-02

[2] 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. ISSN 0038-7134.

[3] Wolfe, Shiela Pugh (1972). Christus Traditor: The Traditiones on the Evangelist Pages of the Beatus of St. Sever. Ohio State Unviersity.

[4] Duzer, Chet Van; Dines, Ilya (2016-01-01). 1 Description of Huntington HM 83. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-30727-8.

[5] Lecaque, Thomas (2017-01-01). 5 Reading Raymond: The Bible of Le Puy, the Cathedral Library and the Literary Background of the Liber of Raymond of Aguilers. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-34121-0.