Bamberg Apocalypse

Bamberg Apocalypse
Msc.Bibl.140,fol.10v
Apc 4, 1-8
Date	1000-1020
Place of origin	Reichenau Abbey
Patron	Otto III, Henry II

The Bamberg Apocalypse (Bamberg State Library, Msc.Bibl.140) is an 11th-century richly illuminated manuscript containing the pictorial cycle of the Book of Revelation and a Gospel Lectionary of the books of pericopes.^[1] This medieval illuminated manuscript was created during the Ottonian dynasty; it is unknown whether it was commissioned by Otto III or Henry II. It was completed sometime between 1000 and 1020. There is proof that Henry II donated this illuminated manuscript in 1020 to Collegiate Abbey of St. Stephan, on the occasion of its inauguration.^[2] The Bamberg Apocalypse is now located in the Bamberg State Library.^[1]