Dublin Core
Title
The Douce Apocalypse
Subject
The Douce Apocalypse depicts the mysteries of the New Testament Book of Revelation in 97 miniatures accompanied by the biblical text and a medieval commentary text, both in Latin. Remarkably, this book was bound with a number of its miniatures only partially completed, giving a rare glimpse into the medieval book-making practice.
Description
This facsimile presents one of the most courtly and luxurious examples of Gothic manuscript illustration in medieval Apocalypse manuscripts, which became “best-sellers” in later Medieval England. Along with its modern binding, the facsimile replicates the unfinished imagery and the various fly leaves added centuries after production to protect the Apocalypse.
Creator
Original MS: Court School of Westminster
Source
Facsimile: UNT Special Collections Library, Call Number: BS2825 .B59 1981
Original MS: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 180
Original MS: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 180
Publisher
Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt
Date
Facsimile: 1983
Original MS: c. 1270
Original MS: c. 1270
Contributor
Commentary: Peter K. Klein
Rights
Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt
Relation
Biblia Pauperum: Apocalypsis
Format
2 volumes (14, 24, 97 pages; 2, vi, 2, 240, 2 pages, 41 pages of plates): color illustrations, facsimiles; 32 cm
Language
Original & Facsimile: Latin
Commentary: German
Commentary: German
Type
Ilustrated Apocalypse
Identifier
Unfinished manuscript
Coverage
England, Romanesque, c. 13th century
Prepared by Ashley Enfield
Prepared by Ashley Enfield