Illustrated Beatus manuscripts bring to life an extraordinary vision of the end of the world, as recorded by Saint John in the Apocalypse (Book of Revelation) and filtered through the lens of Beatus of Liébana, an eighth-century Asturian monk.
Spanish Soldiers in the Rylands Beatus, c.1175
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The army on lion-headed horses
Jerusalem
Where kings or merchants lament for Babylon
The Antichrist
Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem
Jerusalem under siege
MIRROR SITE
Spanish Soldiers in the Rylands Beatus, c.1175
Druzhina
12th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Spanish Soldiers in the Rylands Beatus, c.1175
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The army on lion-headed horses
Jerusalem
Where kings or merchants lament for Babylon
The Antichrist
Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem
Jerusalem under siege
MIRROR SITE
Spanish Soldiers in the Rylands Beatus, c.1175
Druzhina
12th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
