Commentary on the Apocalypse
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The Commentary on the Apocalypse is a Latin commentary on the biblical Book of Revelation written around 776 by the Spanish monk and theologian Beatus of Liébana. The surviving texts differ somewhat,
Morgan Beatus, f. 112: The opening of the Sixth Seal: "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood" (Revelation, 6.12)
Facundus Beatus, f. 191v: The Dragon gives his power to the Beast
The start of the genealogy of Christ in the Saint-Sever Beatus
Page from the Silos fragment, the earliest survival, c. 885. Opening of the Fifth Seal
Book of Revelation
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The Book of Revelation, also known as the Book of the Apocalypse or the Apocalypse of John, is canonically the last book of the New Testament. Written in Greek, its title is derived from the first wor
Commentary on the Apocalypse
…The Commentary on the Apocalypse (Commentaria in Apocalypsin) is a Latin commentary on the biblical Book of Revelation written around 776 by the Spanish monk and theologian Beatus of Liébana (c. 730–after 785). The surviving texts differ somewhat, and the work is mainly…
Revelation 13:16–14:4 on Papyrus 47 (recto; c. 250 AD)
Revelation 1:4–7 on Papyrus 18 (c. 300 AD)
Frontispiece to the Book of Revelation, Bible of San Paolo fuori le Mura, 9th century
St. John receives his Revelation, Saint-Sever Beatus, 11th century