The Trinity Apocalypse
England, 1242-1250
Gothic (littera formata)
Trinity College Library, Cambridge (Great Britain)
Ms. R.16.2
Date of Publication of the Facsimile: 1967
Publisher: Eugrammia Press, London (Great Britain)
Printer: Oliver Burridge and Company Ltd., Crawley, Sussex (Great Britain)
This is believed to be the earliest of the series of elaborately illuminated texts of the
Apocalypse produced in Britain during the thirteenth century. It was probably
made for Queen Eleanor, wife of Henry III. The text and the commentary (an abbreviated version
of that written by Berengaudus -- also known as Pseudo-Ambrose -- in the early twelfth
century) are both in French. The miniatures reflect the serene tone of this commentary,
which stresses the glory of the Second Coming of Christ, rather than the terrors that
will precede it.
