Trinity Apocalypse

First page of the Trinity Apocalypse

The Trinity Apocalypse is an illuminated manuscript containing the Book of Revelation , a commentary on Revelation and a biographical sketch of Saint John. Produced in England around 1260, it is currently housed in Cambridge at Trinity College, for which it is named. ^[1]

The language of the text of the Trinity Apocalypse, including all its captions, is Anglo-Norman French. ^[2]

In the Trinity Apocalypse, each of the Four Horsemen gets a miniature of its own, ^[3] as does each blast of the Seven Trumpets. ^[4]

See also

• English Apocalypse manuscripts

References

1. O'Hear & O'Hear 2015, pp. 32–33.
2. James 1909, p. 14.
3. O'Hear & O'Hear 2015, p. 97.
4. O'Hear & O'Hear 2015, p. 102.

Sources

• James, M. R., ed. (1909). The Trinity College Apocalypse: A Reproduction in Facsimile of the Manuscript R. 16. 2 in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Roxburghe Club.
• McKitterick, David, ed. (2005). The Trinity Apocalypse (Trinity College Cambridge, MS R.16.2). University of Toronto Press.
• O'Hear, Natasha; O'Hear, Anthony (2015). Picturing the Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in the Arts over Two Millennia. Oxford University Press.