# 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 29v depicts the woman of the Apocalypse with the dragon. The painter refrained from illustrating every detail of the text. Both the woman and the dragon are represented as stylised symbols. The obligatory architecture at the top right lacks any thematic link to the subject of the picture. The building appears more like a padding, something to fill the void in the pictorial space and ensure a balanced composition. ## 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]()