Beatus of Liébana, Lorvao
Preserves the Most Beautiful Binding of the Beatus Codices

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Current owner:
© Archivo Nacional de la Torre do Tombo. 12th century. 1189.

Extent:
460 parchment pages.

Language:
Latin.

Format:
34,5 x 24,5 cm.

Illustrations:
88 miniatures.

• Conserved in the Archivo Nacional de la Torre do Tombo, Lisbon [Cod. 160].

• Portuguese manuscript of 1189 copied by Egeas in the Saint Mamede Monastery of Lorvao.

• “The most complete codex of the manuscripts that belong to the oldest pictorial tradition of the Beatus (Family 1). Many of its illustrations constitute the only surviving evidence of this original tradition.” Peter K. Klein.

• Unique for its fluorescent colors.

• Codicological and iconographical study by Professor Peter K. Klein.

• Codex bound in leather over wooden boards with bronze hinges and clasps.

• Unique edition of 999 numbered copies with notarized certificate of authenticity.