{"id":6980,"date":"2019-10-04T09:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=6980"},"modified":"2019-10-10T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T10:31:16","slug":"a-peek-into-ottonian-splendor-the-bamberg-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/a-peek-into-ottonian-splendor-the-bamberg-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"A Peek Into Ottonian Splendor: The Bamberg Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Bamberg<\/strong>, the ancient center of Upper Franconia, is the birthplace of the most famous illuminated manuscript tied to the city\u2019s memories: the sumptuous Apocalypse of the Ottonian age and a masterpiece of the Reichenau school<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bamberg Apocalypse<\/strong> is among the most astonishing illuminated medieval manuscripts and the only illustrated cycle of the Apocalypse produced by Ottonian book painting<\/strong>. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The codex\u2019s most amazing and spectacular illustrations are at the very beginning: fifty miniatures<\/strong>, either full-page or inserted in the texts (ff. 1r-58r), embellishing the verses of the Apocalypse with a figurative language aimed at rendering, in its spirituality but not without notes of high emotional tension, the vision\u2019s supernatural character<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n