ALTERNATIVE TITLES – Beato de Liébana: Códice del Monasterio de San Pedro de Cardeña – Beatus von Liébana: Kodex aus dem Kloster von San Pedro von Cardeña.
FEATURES – Codex on parchment, 445 x 300 mm, 290 pp.
ORIGIN – Spain: Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña (Burgos).
CHRONOLOGY – 12th century: 1175 and 1185.
GENRE – Apocalyptic literature / Beatus of Liébana – Christianity – Liturgical books.
LANGUAGE – Latin.
SCRIPT – Gothic.
DECORATION – 51 miniatures.
STYLE – Romanesque.
EXTERNAL LINKS – MAN Museo Arqueológico Nacional – The MET Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Data sheet: Illuminated Facsimiles

Beato di; Codice; del Monastero; de; du Monastère; Liebana

FACSIMILE EDITION

Full-size colour reproduction of all the fragments of the original document which once formed a single document. The facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document. The binding might not correspond to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment.

Publisher: M. Moleiro Editor (Barcelona, 2000).
Limited edition: 987 copies.
Commentary: Franco Mata Ángela, Sáchez Mariana, Ruiz García Elisa, Romero-Pose Eugenio.

Copyright photos: Illuminated Facsimiles