Die Bamberger Apokalypse : eine Reichenauer bilderhandschrift vom Jahre "1000"
A 1918 Munich facsimile study by art historian Heinrich Wölfflin of the Bamberg Apocalypse, a medieval illuminated manuscript made around the year 1000 at the Reichenau monastery for religious readers. The reproductions show Apocalypse scenes in pale brown ink-and-wash tones: enthroned God, angels, a lamb on a throne ringed by walled cities, and kneeling figures with haloes. A designer might take from them the flat, linear figure drawing, sparse architectural frames, and restrained earthy palette of Ottonian manuscript painting.
