Title
Morgan Beatus
Maius (?, ? - San Salvador de Tábara, 968)
Generic classification
Manuscripts and illuminationsObject
BookDate
c. 940-945Century
Mid 10th c.Technique
IlluminationIconography / Theme
ApocalipsisProvenance
Monasterio de San Salvador de Tábara (Tábara, Zamora, Spain)Current location
John Pierpont Morgan (New York, United States)Inventory Number in Current Collection
MS M.644Locations
945 - Xth c.
Xth c. - XIVth c.
1566
private collection
Martín Pérez de Ayala, Valencia (Spain) *
1566 - 1837
monastery
Monasterio de Uclés, Uclés (Spain)
ca. 1840 - 1847
private collection
Roberto Frasinelli, Madrid (Spain) *
ca. 1848 - 1897
private collection
Bertram, IV conde de Ashburnham, Ashburnham Place (United Kingdom) *
1897XIXth c. - 1919 XXth c.
private collection
Henry Yates Thompson, London (United Kingdom) *
1919 - present
private collection
John Pierpont Morgan, New York (United States) *
* The relative location of dealers, antique shops, art galleries, and collectors leads us to the places where they were based or had one of their main headquarters. However, this does not always indicate that every artwork that passed through their hands was physically located there. In the case of antique dealers and art merchants, their business often extended across multiple territories; sometimes they would purchase items at their origin and send them directly to clients. Similarly, some collectors owned multiple residences, sometimes in different countries, where they housed their collections. It is often difficult to determine exactly where a specific piece was kept during its time in their possession. Consequently, the main location of the dealer or collector is indicated. These factors should be considered when interpreting the map. Refer to the object's history in each case.
Bibliography
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- O’NEILL, John P. (ed.) (ficha a cargo de John Williams) (1993): The Art of Medieval Spain, A.D. 500-1200, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, pp. 153-155.
- WILLIAMS, John (1987): "Tours and the Medieval Art of Spain", en BJURSTRÖM, Per, HÖKBY, Nils-Göran y MÜTHERICH, Florentine (ed.), Florilegium in Honorem Carl Nordenfalk Octogenarii Contextum, Nationalmuseum, Estocolmo, pp. 197-208.
- WILLIAMS, John (2020): Los Beatos ilustrados en la España medieval, Centro de Estudios Beneventanos Ledo del Pozo, Benavente, pp. 89-94.
- WILLIAMS, John (1994): The Illustrated Beatus, vol. 2, Harvey Miller, Londres, pp. 21-33.
- WILLIAMS, John (2017): Visions of the End in Medieval Spain. Catalogue of Illustrated Beatus Commentaries on the Apocalypse and Study of the Geneva Beatus, Amsterdam University Press, Ámsterdam, pp. 69-72.
- WILLIAMS, John y SHAILOR, Barbara A (1991): A Spanish Apocalypse: the Morgan Beatus manuscript, George Braziller-The Pierpont Morgan Library, Nueva York.
- YARZA LUACES, Joaquín (1998): Beato de Liébana. Manuscritos iluminados, M. Moleiro Editor, Barcelona, pp. 321-323.
Record manager
Miguel Hermoso CuestaCitation:
Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, "Morgan Beatus" in Nostra et Mundi. Cultural Heritage from Castile and Leon around the world, Fundación Castilla y León, 2025. https://inventario.nostraetmundi.com/en/work/282
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