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Description d'un Commentaire de l'Apocalypse, manuscrit du XXIIe siècle, compris dans la bibliothèque de Son Excellence le marquis d'Astorga, comte d'Altamira, duc de Sesa, etc., avec figures noires et en couleurs

Bachelin, Antoine, 1835- · 1869 · Paris [etc.] Bachelin-Deflorenne · 7 pictures

A descriptive catalogue of a medieval Apocalypse commentary manuscript, compiled by Antoine Bachelin and published in Paris in 1869 for collectors and scholars of illuminated books. Its pictures are black-and-white wood-engraved reproductions of Apocalypse illuminations, with a woman on a spotted beast, a winged eagle wrestling a serpent, and a standing angel holding a tablet, offering a designer strong medieval bestiary and angel motifs with flat, hatched linework.

Bible · Illumination of books and manuscripts

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library