Beatus page

English

Noun

Beatus page (plural Beatus pages)

  1. A decorative folio found in the illuminated manuscripts of the work of Beatus of Liébana.
    • 1952, David Talbor Rice, English Art, 871-1100, Volume 8, page 216:
      The B of the Beatus page is in keeping with late Saxon developments, for in addition to the usual scroll-work, a number of little figures appear clambering amongst the stems; Wormald has aptly termed this the ‘gymnastic’ style.

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