The Trinity Apocalypse (literature/religion).The Trinity Apocalypse apocalypse (əpŏk`əlĭps) [Gr.,=uncovering], genre represented in early Jewish and in Christian literature in which the secrets of the heavenly world or of the world to come are revealed by angelic mediation within a narrative (literature/religion) David McKitterick, editor University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, Press 10 St. Mary Street, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4Y 2W8 0802048935 $39.95 1-800-565-9523 www.utppublishing.com The Trinity Apocalypse is the most detailed study of the Trinity Apocalypse manuscript to date. Written and illustrated in England in the mid-thirteenth century, with text in French, the original manuscript was a work of art as well as faith, depicting detailed images of the dream of John alongside the text of the Book of Revelation. Color plates as well as black-and-white photographs allow for close examination of the stunningly beautiful medieval artwork, and the text spares no details in its examination of the nuances in the manuscript's words and art. An accompanying CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). (PDF file See PDF. , requires Adobe Acrobat Reader The former name of Adobe Reader. See PDF. ) contains the whole manuscript text, with English translation. A striking and multi-layered analysis of a beautiful and haunting ancient work. |
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