{"id":4901,"date":"2018-01-26T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T07:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=4901"},"modified":"2017-12-14T12:27:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T10:27:24","slug":"valenciennes-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/valenciennes-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Valenciennes Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Carolingian Valenciennes Apocalypse<\/strong><\/a> (Biblioth\u00e8que Municipale, Ms. 99) is a 270 \u00d7 202 mm parchment codex, made of 42 sheets and 38 full-page illustrations<\/strong> plus two drawings that were added at a later date.<\/p>\n

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Double-page opening of the Valenciennes Apocalypse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of large-format miniature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Together with the contemporary Trier Apocalypse<\/strong><\/a> (Stadtbibliothek, Code 31), the Valenciennes codex is the oldest illustrated manuscript of the Apocalypse that has come down to us. As such, it is extremely important in the history of the Book of John\u2019s illustration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While the completion date of Carolingian Valenciennes Apocalypse<\/strong> has not been questioned for more than half a century, its place of origin remains controversial. On the basis of the calligrapher\u2019s name, Otoltus<\/strong>, the earliest literature chose to attribute the manuscript to a scriptorium in the area of Salzburg<\/strong>, even though the same name frequently appears in other regions of the Carolingian Empire<\/strong> as well.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The Valenciennes codex is the oldest illustrated manuscript of the Apocalypse<\/strong> that has come down to us<\/span><\/div>\n

Most modern scholars, however, have followed the authoritative opinion of Bernhard Bischoff, who identified Otoltus<\/strong> as one of the scribes who worked on the contemporary Gotha Gospels (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 28561), thereby attributing both manuscripts to a workshop in the Middle Rhine region. This attribution may be plausible for the Gotha Gospels, as the work is documented in the library of the Mainz Cathedral<\/strong> in 1479 and its minuscule has clear similarities with the writing in later manuscripts from Mainz.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it: check out our high definition gallery of the facsimile edition of the Valenciennes Apocalypse!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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But the Valenciennes Apocalypse<\/strong> has only a few stylistic elements in common with the illustrations of the Gotha Gospels<\/strong>, and, contrary to what Bischoff thought, Otoltus\u2019s script cannot be identified with that of any of the calligraphers of the Gotha Gospels. Some general affinities in the script of both manuscripts can be explained by a similar parochial influence or with the calligraphers\u2019 parochial training.<\/p>\n

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