The world map called St. Sever or Paris I measuring 37 X 57 cm. This work was executed ca. 1050 A.D. as an illustration to Beatus work at the St. Sever Aquitanian monastery by the order of Geogory de Muntaner, Abbot from 1028 to 1072 A.D.

Beatus of Liébana (c. 730 - 798)' was a Spanish monk and theologian. He corresponded with Alcuin, and took part in the Adoptionist controversy, criticizing the views of Felix of Urgel and Elipandus of Toledo. He is best remembered today as the author of his Commentary on the Apocalypse, published in 776. This commentary was popular during the middle ages and survives in over 30 manuscripts (usually called beatus) from the 10th through 13th century. Many of these manuscripts are lavishly decorated in Mozarabic style of illumination. The Commentary also contained one of the oldest Christian world-maps. Although the original manuscript and map has not survived, copies of the map survives in several of the extant manuscripts. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Flaccus Albinus Alcuin (about 735 - May 19, 804) was a monk from York, England. ... Adoptionism is a view held by some early medieval Christians, that Jesus was born a human only, and was not divine until his baptism, at which point he was adopted as the Son by God the Father. ... The term apocalypse was introduced by F. Lücke (1832) as a description of the New Testament book of Revelation. ... Events Byzantine Emperor Leo IV associates himself with his young son Constantine VI and suppresses an uprising led by his step-brothers. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Mozarabic was a continuum of closely related Iberian Romance dialects spoken in Muslim dominated areas of the Iberian Peninsula during the early stages of Romance languages development in Iberia. ... In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, like this miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Aberdeen Bestiary (folio 4v), would be considered illuminated. ...