The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Spain

First American edition. "The subject of this volume is Mozarabic painting, Christian painting in the Iberian Peninsula between the 8th and the 11th centuries." Author's preface, p.9 . Mozarabic is "a combination of Carolingian, Islamic, Byzantine and Visigothic art" dust jacket , which arose during the period of Islamic ascendency, and is particularly found in illuminated copies of the Commentary on the Apocalypse, attributed to the monk Beatus of Liébana c776 . Discusses the relation of aesthetics and theology in this art. 146 color and 106 black and white illustrations. With list of manuscripts, bibliography, notes and index. Originally published in French as La Peinture Mozarabe. 304 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..