# Bamberg Apocalypse [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 1001-1050 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. Bibl. 140\), 295 x 204 mm ## Commentary Bamberg Apocalypse 1000-20 Manuscript \(Ms. Bibl. 140\), 295 x 204 mm Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg The Bamberg Apocalypse contains the Revelation of St John and an evangelistary. The patron of the manuscript was probably Emperor Otto III \(reigned 983-1002\). After his death Emperor Henry II \(reigned 1002-24\) had work on the codex continued. It was produced by the group of miniaturists working in the Benedictine Abbey at Reichenau. The miniature on folio 47v - divided into an upper and lower portion - illustrates the opening verses of Revelation 19. At the top, Christ in Majesty is represented, In the lower part the twenty-four elders, with golden crowns and earnest expressions, are worshipping Christ. ## Related artworks - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Ada Gospels]() - [Allegory of the Sacraments]() - [Antoninus Florentinus: Chronicon]() - [Aratea]() - [Astronomical-computist collection]() - [Astronomicum caesareum]() - [Astronomicum caesareum]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()