The Commentary on the Apocalypse is a book written in the eighth century by the Spanish monk and theologian Beatus of Liébana. It is a commentary on the New Testament Apocalypse of John or Book of Revelation. It also refers to any manuscript copy of this work, especially any of the 26 illuminated copies that have survived. It is often referred to simply as the Beatus.
The two watercolors on this page (below), commissioned by Vincenio de Lastanosa of Huesca in 1635, are copies of a now lost Beatus then in the monastery of Montearagón. The original manuscript was a gift of King Ramiro I of Aragon (1035–1064) to Abbot Banzo of the monastery of San Andrés de Fanlo. It probably originated at the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, for it copies the Escorial Beatus that was made there.
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Author: The Morgan Library
Keywords: Beatus of Liebana, Beatus, Apocalypse, John's Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Revelation, Antichrist, Anti christ, antichrist table, False christ, 666, mark of the beast, six six six, six hundred sixty and six
Bible reference(s): 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:22, 1 John 4:3, 2 John 1:7, Revelation 13:17, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 16:2, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:4
Source: The Morgan Library & Museum, “MS M. 1079, fols. 6v–7.”
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