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OH MAH GAWD

HAMBAL AND DESERT BOIS AAAAAAAAAAA

Something something didnt expect to get attatched something something i know im technically free of his bonds but

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the vast energy in this single frame is i think beyond human comprehension

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Today, May 9th, is the feast day of Saint Beatus of Lungern. He was an English recluse who was sent by god to convert the people of what would later become Switzerland to christianity.

According to legend, there was once a pagan cult that sacrificed to their gods in a cave. When the priests stopped doing this, a dragon moved into the cave. Nobody dared to go near the cave, but when Beatus arrived in the region, he went inside and used his cross to chase the dragon out and into a lake, which began to boil immediately. As proof for the dragons death, Beatus moved into the cave himself.

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mappa mundi

from the "rylands beatus", a copy of beatus of liébana's 8th c. commentary on the apocalypse of st john, spain, late 12th or early 13th c.

source: Manchester, John Rylands Library, Latin MS 8, fol. 43v-44r

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Welcome to Manuscript Monday!

In this series we will periodically focus on selections from our manuscript facsimile collection. Today we present selections from the Morgan Beatus Manuscript, reproduced as A Spanish Apocalypse, The Morgan Beatus Manuscript in New York by George Braziller, Inc. in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1991. The original manuscript, made around 10th century CE at the scriptorium of San Miguel de Escalada in Spain by a monk named Maius, is the earliest surviving illuminated version of the monk Beatus of Liébana's commentary on the biblical Book of Apocalypse (also known as the Book of Revelation).  The text of the Book of Revelation makes up the first part of the manuscript, and Beatus’s commentary comprises the second part. The Book of Revelation tells of the end-times in Christianity, during the final judgement of humanity by God. The story within this Biblical book was also seen by those living during the Latin medieval era as representative of the beginning of something new: God’s celestial kingdom. Due to this view of the book, many artists incorporated imagery from this part of the Bible in their work.

Produced in Al-Andalus, or Muslim-ruled Spain, the artistic style of this work combines both Muslim and Christian visual traditions to create a beautifully illuminated manuscript that supplements the commentary by the monk. This artistic style is known as the Mozarabic, which comes from the Arabic mustaʿrib, meaning ‘Arabicized’. Interestingly, this style of art can only be seen in Christian religious art and architecture from Spain at the time, as non-religious artistic objects made by Christians look so similar to Islamic versions of the same works that they cannot be identified as intentionally Christian. Some key Islamic artistic elements within the manuscript include buildings with horseshoe arches, intricate geometric and vegetal patterns as borders for larger images, and the large, bulging eyes of the illustrated animals.

Another interesting aspect of this specific manuscript is the colophon at the end of the manuscript. It tells readers about the circumstances surrounding the creation of this book, including the maker, the patron, the year it was made, and an explanation about why Maius created the manuscript ("I write this . . . at the command of Abbot Victor, out of love for the book of the vision of John the beloved disciple. As part of its adornment I have painted a series of pictures . . . so that the wise may fear the coming of the future judgement of the world's end."). Colophons in medieval manuscripts are not usually as detailed, so the inclusion of all this information contributes greatly to the knowledge and history surrounding the Morgan Beatus Manuscript.

View more Manuscript Monday posts.

– Sarah S., Special Collections Graduate Intern

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some pics i found and LOVED on the Outsiders highlight on La Jolla Playhouse's instagram

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Beatus a Liebana, Commentarius in Apocalypsim. Illumination: Adoration of the Beast. Navarre, c 1090 CE .

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“If greed were not the master of modern man--ably assisted by envy--how could it be that the frenzy of economism does not abate as higher "standards of living" are attained, and that it is precisely the richest societies which pursue their economic advantage with the greatest ruthlessness? How could we explain the almost universal refusal on the part of the rulers of the rich societies--where organized along private enterprise or collective enterprise lines--to work towards the humanisation of work? It is only necessary to assert that something would reduce the "standard of living" and every debate is instantly closed. That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, monotonous, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression, and that no amount of of "bread and circuses" can compensate for the damage done--these are facts which are neither denied nor acknowledged but are met with an unbreakable conspiracy of silence--because to deny them would be too obviously absurd and to acknowledge them would condemn the central preoccupation of modern society as a crime against humanity.”

― E.F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

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[ID: a collection of stick figures being violent and bloody. in the center of these images is text that reads "girls when they lament and weep, but no one has consoled them." End ID]

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Beatus de Liebana, Daniel and the Angel, ca. 1100

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Vues sur l'Apocalypse

2361. Beatus de Saint-Sever, (Charlotte Denoël) ((Charlotte Denoël), Beatus de Saint-Sever, ~1060) (Bibliothèque nationale, Citadelles et Mazenod,2022)

⌘　BnF ⌘　Beatus Wiki

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for a girl who picks as many physically affectionate options as she does in visual novels (every option) U'd think maybe i'd be cooler with physical affection irl.

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a bird killing a serpent as an allegory for christ destroying satan

in the "rylands beautus" (beatus of liébana's commentary on the apocalypse of st john), latin illuminated manuscript, spain, late 12th or early 13th c.

source: Manchester, John Rylands University Library, Latin MS 8, fol. 14r