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This series provides a hub for high-quality publications on the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity and the early middle ages. It moves beyond established chronological dividing lines in scholarship and also seeks to include other geographical areas that were integrated administratively, politically and economically with Hispania in at the time. Rose Walker With original photography by John Batten
Rose Walker, with original photography by John Batten
Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages Routes and Myths In this colourfully illustrated book, Rose Walker surveys Spanish and Portuguese art and architecture from the time of the Roman conquest to the early twelfth century. For generations, scholarly discussions of such art have been complicated by a focus on maps of the pilgrimage roads and images of the Reconquista. Walker contextualizes these aspects by bringing together an exceptionally diverse range of academic studies, including work
previously familiar only to Hispanophone audiences. By breaking down chronological, regional, and disciplinary divides that have limited scholarship on the subject for decades, this book enriches the wider English-language literature on early medieval art.
Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages Routes and Myths
LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL IBERIA May 2016 Hardback 210 x 260 mm 528 pages 100 colour, 33 b/w illustrations ISBN 978 90 8964 860 0 e-ISBN 978 90 4852 715 1 €189.00 / £153.00
Rose Walker is an art historian and former instructor at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. L AT E A N T I Q U E A N D E A R LY M E D I E VA L I B E R I A
John Williams, edited by Therese Martin
Visions of the End in Medieval Spain Catalogue of Illustrated Beatus Commentaries on the Apocalypse and Study of the Geneva Beatus
John Williams
Visions of the End in Medieval Spain
This is the first study to bring together all twenty-nine extant copies of the medieval Commentary on the Apocalypse, which was originally written by Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana. John Williams, a renowned expert on the Commentary, shares a lifetime of study and offers new insights on these strikingly illustrated manuscripts. As he shows, the Commentary responded to differing monastic needs within the shifting context of the Middle Ages. Of special interest is a discussion of the recently discovered Geneva copy: one of only three commentaries to be written outside of the Iberian Peninsula, this manuscript shows
both close affinities to the Spanish model and fascinating deviations from it in terms of its script and style of illustrations. John Williams (1928–2015) was distinguished professor emeritus of the history of art and architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. Therese Martin is a tenured scholar at the CCHS-Instituto de Historia in Madrid, currently conducting research on “Reassessing the Roles of Women as ‘Makers’ of Medieval Art and Architecture” with funding from the European Research Council.
Catalogue of Illustrated Beatus Commentaries on the Apocalypse and Study of the Geneva Beatus Edited by Therese Martin
LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY MEDIEVAL IBERIA May 2016 Hardback 210 x 260 mm 288 pages 105 colour and 30 b/w illustrations, 2 line art ISBN 978 94 6298 062 4 e-ISBN 978 90 4853 001 4 €149.00 / £121.00
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