Apocalypse as Utopian Expectation (800-1500): The Apocalypse Commentary of Berengaudus of Ferrières and the Relationship Between Exegesis, Liturgy, and Iconography

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BRILL, 1996 - 239 من الصفحات
This study relates the utopian expectation of (early) medieval Apocalypse commentaries to exegesis and liturgy as well as to (later) medieval art. It provides a first-time ever discussion of the commentary by Berengaudus of Ferrieres, establishes him as a Carolingian and rejects arguments for an 11th-12th-century date by way of an evaluation of extant ms. evidence. The book highlights Berengaudus' optimism about the promised new world of Apoc. 21-22. The commentary's 11th-12th-century popularity coincided with the rebuilding of churches and the author proposes a new interpretation of Romanesque Revelation iconography in Western France. In addition, the application of Berengaudus' vision to the Ghent Altarpiece permits a coherent reading of its iconology that serves as a corrective on recent studies.

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Introduction
1
The Fortunes of Berengaudus in the Later Middle Ages
12
Berengaudus and his Sources
44
Who was Berengaudus?
87
The Originality of Berengaudus
104
APOCALYPSE AS UTOPIAN EXPECTATION
123
Berengaudus Jan Van Eyck and Fifteenth Century
152
Conclusion
181
Description of Extant Expositio Manuscripts
200
The Rider on the Pale Horse
214
Bibliography
216
Index of Names
234
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Derk Visser, Ph.D. (1966) in History, Bryn Mawr College, is Professor of History and Department Chair at Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania. His previous publications include a biographical study of Philip Melanchton (1955) as well as essays on Renaissance Art and Peter Abelard.

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