Revelation Flamenco - Moleiro

Within the iconographic of apocalypse, the manuscript of the Bibliothèque nationale de France is a unique work: Revelation is the only written in Flemish illuminated and that remains today. The miniaturists show exceptional talent. Recreate usual illustration of this type of texts but brings reasons unrelated to any artistic tradition, each model reflects a great visionary and an atmosphere of mystery in accordance with the content.

Experts place it at the beginning of the fifteenth century. Elements such as architecture, the armor, the armor, weapons, hairstyles and most clothing can be found between the late fourteenth and early fifteenth. Dr. Nelly de Hommel, author of the volume of studies, combining textual analysis and iconographic, concludes that the manuscript was made between 1400 and 1410.

In Revelation Flamenco , realism pre -van Eyck appears in multiple scenes and details, through the characterization of characters and the representation of movement . For example , women who listen attentively to the sermon of St. John in the folio 1r could have been copied from the reality , and the man working in the bellows to light the fire or the boat and its passengers. Other signs of this realism that anticipates the style of van Eyck are folio naked couple 3r, 4r folio skeletons or prostitute led to the stake on folio 20r . It is also reflected in the architecture : churches , towers and buildings have been faithfully represented , but the outlook is even more intuitive than scientific . Many scenes vibrate with a very realistic sense of motion : Wild Waters Flow (folios 1r, 9r, 21r ), animals and human figures convey motion , as the horses of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse ( Folio 7r ) , characters that move ( St. John at folios 5r and 19r, the angel in the sun or the man on the stairs on folio 8r ) , etc. . All these elements breathe life into the scenes. Flamenco Revelation consists of 23 images brimming with diverse and colorful motifs . After an initial full-page miniature depicting scenes from the life of St. John until his exile on Patmos , it enshrines a full-page image to each of the 22 chapters of the Book of Revelation.

Of particular concern are frames that fit each thumbnail. The stylized clouds burnished gold pleated to form narrow meandering around each image is unique and features of this manuscript.

This codex, notably flamenco is a dazzling work. No artist has combined traditional motifs in such an innovative and personal. No miniaturist has provided a colorful objects comparable to the leading painter of this manuscript. Never exuberant architecture first Flamboyant Gothic macabre figures, nudes pitiful, meadows dotted with flowers, foliage detailed costumes end of the Middle Ages had played such a role in the staging farthest Book from the realities of everyday life, Revelation.

* The pictures are not original, because the book meets its original packaging. NEVER been opened and therefore remains in perfect condition.  You can find more information on the editor page: http://www.moleiro.com/es/libros-biblicos/apocalipsis-flamenco.html

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Date: c. 1400-1410 

Format: 340 x 250 mm 

50 pages, 23 full-page miniatures illuminated with gold  Bound in maroon goatskin

  Leather case 

Study book (224 p.)  "Almost-original", first edition, one-off, limited to 987 numbered and authenticated by a notary 

Format: 230x 340 mm 

Pages: 224  

Illustrations: 225  

Language: Spanish  ISBN: 978-84-96400-02-3

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PRICE: € 2,800

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