The Pepys Apocalypse (Cambridge, Magdalene College, MS Pepys 1803) and the readership of religious women
Renana Bartal
Abstract The place of the women's convent as a centre for biblical study has been widely recognised in recent years scholars have begun evaluating alternative modes learning, such vernacular reading, hearing and seeing. Vision specifically connected with learning by women. While this aspect extensively studied case continental convents, it seldom addressed English religious This article examines role images relatively little Apocalypse manuscript, produced England first quarter fourteenth century, Pepys Apocalypse. Unlike manuscript models used its making, does not contain textual commentary. designers responded to difference making some hidden meanings Revelation visually explicit, thus offering spiritual visions St John Divine an optical experience. Keywords: ApocalypseManuscriptsVisionNunsExegesisEngland
Journal of Medieval History