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FOL-0120Manuscript and Illuminated Facsimile

The Trinity Apocalypse

Trinity College Cambridge MS R.16.2; commentary edited by David McKitterick, with Nigel Morgan, Ian Short and Teresa Webber

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The Trinity Apocalypse, principal catalogue photograph
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FOL-0120.2 · Owner photograph
The Trinity Apocalypse, catalogue photograph 3
FOL-0120.3 · Owner photograph
The Trinity Apocalypse, catalogue photograph 4
FOL-0120.4 · Owner photograph
The Trinity Apocalypse, catalogue photograph 5
FOL-0120.5 · Owner photograph

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Edition details

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Author or source
Trinity College Cambridge MS R.16.2; commentary edited by David McKitterick, with Nigel Morgan, Ian Short and Teresa Webber
Publisher
Faksimile Verlag Luzern
Edition
Luzern: Faksimile Verlag, 2004 (facsimile); British Library and Faksimile Verlag Luzern, 2005 (English commentary). Non-Folio edition. ISBN 3-85672-093-6 (facsimile); 3-85672-094-4 (commentary apart).
Limitation and copy
Copy 420 of 980 copies numbered in Arabic numerals. A further 80 copies numbered in Roman numerals were reserved for documentation and archive purposes.
Physical specification
Facsimile of the illuminated medieval Apocalypse, generally dated to about 1255–1260, with an Anglo-Norman version of Revelation and commentary, and a pictorial life of Saint John. Hand-sewn, bound in goatskin and gold-tooled by Buchbinderei Burkhardt, Mönchaltorf/Zürich. White binding with gilt ornamental borders and royal arms. Facsimile, separate English commentary and Perspex protective case confirmed present by the owner on 29 October 2026.
Condition
Historical photographic assessment: Fine to Near Fine overall. Full collation remains unverified; the Perspex case’s condition has not been separately assessed.
Collection class
Manuscript and Illuminated Facsimile
Former accession
LEF-012

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