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Saint Beatus, Presbyter of Liebana
-798
Commentary on the Apocalypse and commentary on the Book of Daniel
Spain, perhaps Toledo
1220
520 x 370 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910
MS M.429
Page description:
Scene, Ecclesiastic: Writing.
Scene, Ecclesiastic: Writing -- Men climbing up tower of San Salvador de Tavara by means of ladder, man pulling bell ropes at bottom of the tower; to right, in second story of the building above doorway with horseshoe arch, two scribes seated on chairs, one writing with stylus in book on stand, one using compass on paper; seated man cutting paper with shears.