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he Beatus of Liébana, Codex of Ferdinand I and Doña Sancha, is also known as " Facundus' Beatus" , and is " the most beautiful and complete of all the Beatus manuscripts " (Henri Stierling) and the only one commissioned by a King. This is probably the reason for the abundance of gold leaf gilding. The book has been perfectly preserved throughout the centuries and the miniatures it contains possess such an intensity that it gives the sensation of them being almost new.

The Codex was made for the King and Queen of Castille and León and later sent to the collegiate Church of San Isidoro. It was requisitioned by Philip V during the War of Succession and sent to the Royal Library.

The Codex was created in the 11th century (in 1047) with the text written in a Visigothic script. It was bound by Juan Francisco Menoyre in 1720 using suede on wooden board. The Codex has 624 pages, 114 miniatures, 2 columns, 35 lines, and is sized 380 x 295 mm. This unique issue is strictly limited to 777 copies numbered and authenticated by affidavit.

This Facsimile edition is accompanied by a commentary volume, in Spanish, written by Dr. Joaquín Yarza, professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Dr. Manuel Sánchez, Former Director of the Manuscript Section of the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid.

Note: This volume is now sold out.

Also available:

• 12 miniatures of the Beato de Liébana, codex of Ferdinand Ist. and Doña Sancha.
• Real size posters printed in 6 colours, that will allow you to have 12 beautiful 300 x 430 mm images for a very low price, $US50.00 plus postage.
• The 12 miniatures are commented by professor Joaquín Yarza, of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

" The wild colours, strange drawings and dreamlike atmosphere contained in every illumination exert a real tyranny on the imagination. He who sees them once will never forget them. "
J. Domínguez Bordona

" The Apocalypse is the permanent model of the feeling of waiting for a catastrophe to come, the permanent model of a hope of transformation; it is the permanent model of a conflict that goes throughout the history of mankind".
Umberto Eco