The Beatus of Valcavado is a late 10th-century illuminated manuscript written in Latin, containing a commentary on the Book of Revelation, followed by an explanation of the Book of Daniel. It was produced around 970 at the Monastery of Valcavado by the monk Oveco, under the direction of Abbot Sempronius. The manuscript includes 87 miniatures that accompany and clarify the biblical text, reflecting how apocalyptic material was interpreted within a monastic context during this period.
The images of the codex can be viewed below.
Written on parchment in Visigothic minuscule, the Beatus of Valcavado forms part of the Beatus manuscript tradition, a group of Iberian copies of the Apocalypse commentary attributed to Beatus of Liébana. These manuscripts were produced for study within monastic settings, where text and image were used together for instruction. The Valcavado manuscript is dated to 970 and is regarded as the earliest surviving book associated with Valladolid.
What follows is a visual passage through the manuscript itself, allowing the images to appear in their original sequence.
