Background
Williams, John Wesley was born on February 25, 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wesley Alfred and Anna Belle (Curtis) Williams.
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Catalogue containing detailed descriptions and complete cycles of illustrations of all surviving manuscripts of Beatus' commentary on the Apocalypse. These are: the Urgell Beatus; the San Millan Beatus; the Escorial Beatus; the Facundus Beatus (Madrid); the Fanlo Beatus (New York) and the Saint-Sever Beatus (Paris). The catalogue entries discuss the location of production, the work of the scribes and illuminators, and details of codicology; the different influences manifested in the works are also examines. All inscriptions are transcribed, and there is an extensive bibliography.
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This is the fourth in the series of catalogues that present detailed descriptions and complete cycles of illustrations of all existing manuscripts of the Commentary on the Apocalypse written by the eighth century Spanish monk, Beatus. The entire corpus, which spans the ninth to the thirteenth century, constitutes the greatest single tradition of Apocalyptic imagery in the Middle Ages. The manuscripts catalogued here are from the eleventh and twelfth centuries: the Silos Beatus in London; the Corsini Beatus in Rome; the Turin Beatus; the Osma Beatus; the Leon Fragment and the Berlin Beatus. All illustrations in these six manuscripts are reproduced, and each catalogue entry discusses the location of production, the work of the outstanding illuminators and scribes, as well as details of codicology. A short introduction places the manuscripts in their historical context and analyzes the style of miniatures. The volume includes an exhaustive Bibliography, relevant Tables, and Index.
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This is the fifth in the series of catalogues that present detailed descriptions and complete cycles of illustrations of all existing manuscripts of the
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Williams, John Wesley was born on February 25, 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wesley Alfred and Anna Belle (Curtis) Williams.
Student, Duke U., 1948-1950; Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1952; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1960.
He was Andrew West. Mellon Professor of History of Art and Architecture end eventually Professor Emeritus, Medieval Art and Architecture, both at the University of Pittsburgh. Williams"s best known work is The Illustrated Beatus, a five-volume work. lieutenant was turned into the documentary film Beatus: The Spanish Apocalypse.
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Served with United States Marine Corps, 1946-1948.
Married Mary Ellen Schmidt, December 26, 1955. Children: Maxwell, Katherine, Sarah, Cyril, Elena, Amelia.