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Dublin Apocalypse, folio 4r
Early 14th century
The Library of Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
The Latin text is the Apocalypse (Book of Revelations) of the New Testament and the Meditations of St Bernard. Each page features a picture or miniature in colour and gold. The leaves have been marked with roman numerals so we know that just one leaf from the beginning of the manuscript is missing, meaning 73 out of 75 miniatures remain intact. The miniature pictured in folio 4r depicts the Third Seal, or horseman. The Rider on the black horse is most closely associated with Famine. He carries a pair of scales in his hand
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- Title: Dublin Apocalypse, folio 4r
- Date Created: Early 14th century
- Location: East Anglia (Norwich area), England
- Original Language: Latin
- Subject Keywords: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Manuscripts, Medieval, Illuminated Manuscripts
- External Link: View this item in our online catalogue
- Collection: Illuminating the Middle Ages
- Catalogue Number: TCD MS 64
- Bibliography: M.R. James, ‘The Dublin Apocalypse (for Roxburghe Club)’, (Cambridge, 1932) with his notice (p. 23) of earlier references to the codex, and see his ‘The Apocalypse in Art’, (London, 1931), 15 and 62; M.J. Rickert, ‘Painting in Britain in the Middle Ages, Pelican History of Art’ 5, (Melbourne, London, Baltimore, 1954), 122, 144-146;’ Western Illuminated Manuscripts from the Library of Sir Chester Beatty Exhibited in the Library of Trinity College Dublin’, (Dublin, 1955), number 35; Morgan o.c. 20-21; O. Pächt and J.J.G. Alexander, ‘Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library’, Oxford 3, (Oxford, 1973), 49; H. Zotter, ‘Bibliographie faksimilierter Handschriften’, (Graz, 1976), number 139; Frederick Van Der Meer, ‘Apocalypse’, (London, 1978), 355; M.A. Whitaker in ‘Viator’ 12 (1981) 195-196; Bernard Meehan, 'A note on the Dublin Apocalypse (Trinity College Dublin MS 64)' in Scriptorium 38:1 (1984) 82-83; L.E. Boyle, ‘Medieval Latin Palaeography: A Bibliographical Introduction’, (Toronto, 1984), number 389; R.K. Emmerson and Suzanne Lewis in ‘Traditio’ 41 (1985) 379; P. Fox in ‘Treasures of the Library: Trinity College Dublin’, (Dublin, 1986), 8, pl. 2; Sandler o.c. no. 46, 1:27, 28, 61 (with pls. 107, 108), 2:50, 52-53. For further bibliography see Emmerson and Lewis l.c. See also [ed. Giulia Bologna], ‘Apocalisse’, (Milan, 1992) and ed. Giulia Bologna, ‘Apocalisse’, (Torino, 1993) for a full facsimile of the illuminated pages. Stylistic relationships with Bodleian Douce 366, Bodleian Ashmole 1523 and Cambridge Emmanuel 112 - see Frederica Law-Turner, 'The Ormesby Master: a question of attribution', part MA thesis Courtauld Institute, University of London, 1994. Barbara Bruderer Eichberg, ‘Les neuf chœurs angéliques. Origine et évolution du thème dans l'art du Moyen Âge’ (coll. Civilisation médiévale, vol. VI), Poitiers, centre d'Etudes supérieures de Civilisation médiévale, 1998) has illustration of folio 6v (XIC) on place XX, figure 30.
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