Title
Illustrated Beatus Map
Description
Apocalypse of Silos, Beatus world map, with Adam and Eve and the serpent in the Garden of Eden The Mediterranean Sea is represented by a line in the centre, the Red Sea by a vertical line. The land is surrounded by water with fish swimming all around. From the Commentaries on the Apocalypse of Silos by Beatus of Liebana, Spanish manuscript of 1109.
Credit Collection British Library. Slide is labelled "British Museum. ADD MS 11695 fol 40 London Beatus "
Back of slide has a hand-written label "JJ Beckerlegge 20 Carfrae Terrace Lipton, Plymouth"
Credit Collection British Library. Slide is labelled "British Museum. ADD MS 11695 fol 40 London Beatus "
Back of slide has a hand-written label "JJ Beckerlegge 20 Carfrae Terrace Lipton, Plymouth"
Publisher
Morrab Library
Rights
Morrab Library
Format
Lantern Slide
Identifier
MG.491