Illustrated Beatus Map

MG.491.tif

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"

Publisher

Morrab Library

Rights

Morrab Library

Format

Lantern Slide

Identifier

MG.491