Illumination from the Girona Beatus. Scriptoria of monastery, including portraits of the miniaturists Emeterius and Ende.

The Girona Beatus (Girona, Cathedral archives, MS. Girona ( Catalan: Girona ʒiˈɾonə Spanish: Gerona xeˈɾona is a city located in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain Girona's Cathedral is the Cathedral of Girona in Catalonia, Spain. 7) is a 10th century illuminated manuscript of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana. An illuminated manuscript is a Manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration such as decorated Initials borders and Saint Beatus of Liébana (c 730 - c 800 was a Monk, Theologian and Geographer from the Kingdom of Asturias, in northern Spain who worked The manuscript was commissioned by an abbot named Dominicus about which we have no more information. The scribe was a priest named Senior, who wrote in a West Gothic script. A scribe (or scrivener) is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities The manuscript was illuminated by a monk named Emeterius and a nun named Ende. MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective A Nun is a Woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life The manuscript was probably created at the monastery at Tábara. This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. Tábara is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. There are 284 extant folios which measure 400mm by 260mm. The manuscript is copiously illustrated with 184 surviving miniatures.

References

• Walther, Ingo F. and Norbert Wolf. Codices Illustres: The world's most famous illuminated manuscripts, 400 to 1600. Köln, TASCHEN, 2005.

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