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Expositio in Apocalypsim 1184 ( Casamari): Joachim begins the exegesis of the Apocalypse. |
| This is the greatest work of the abbot. It is divided into 8 books, and preceded by the Liber introductorius, which duplicates, with some variations, the Enchiridion super Apocalypsim. Joachim interprets, line for line, the book of the Apocalypse. He also plays with the symbolism of the number seven. The abbot interprets the Apocalypse as an ' endless prophecy'; a great vision which divides the history of the Church into "septem specialia tempora" corresponding to the seven parts of the Apocalypse. There is an eighth part corresponding to the glorification of the heavenly Jerusalem. |
| Editions: |
| Expositio in Apocalypsim abbatis Ioachim, Francisci
Bindoni ac Maphei Pasini, Venetiis 1527, rist. Anast. Frankfurt a .M.
1964. |
| Manuscripts: |
| Vatican, Bibl. Ap. Vat., Chig. A VIII 231, 1ra- 104vb
Vatican, Bibl. Ap. Vat., Vat. lat. 3822, 8va-12va Vatican, Bibl. Ap. Vat., Vat. lat. 4860, 72v-78r Rome, Bibl. Casanat., ms. 1411, 1ra- 191r Rome, Bibl. Vallicelliana, ms. C 65, 39va-40va Milan, Bibl. Ambros., ms. H 15 inf., 37rb-45vb, 65ra-160vb Todi, Bibl. Comunale, ms. 43, 1ra-210rb Paris, BN, Lat. 427, 46ra-103vb Paris, BN, Lat. 3321, 52ra-65va Paris, BN, Lat. 16397, 98vb-108rb Paris, Bibl. de l'Université (Sorbonne), ms. 173, 1ra-187ra Troyes, Bibl. munic., 249, 37ra-106vb Rouen, Bibl. Munic., A. 450, 1-131 Auxerre, Bibl. Munic., ms. 8, 1-151 Dresden, Sächs. Landesbibl., A. 121, 237r-240v Basel, Univ. Bibl., B III 19, 1ra -240vb Köln, Stadtarchiv, ms. W 267, 1ra-168ra Nürnberg, Stadtbibl., Cent. Il 51, 104r-373v Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia-Bibl., ms. Q 33, 48ra-56vb Graz, Universitätsbibl., Ms. 390 (?) London, BL, Royal 8 F XVI, 24ra-29rb London, BL, Harley 349, 135-218 London, BL, lat. 3049, 135ra-218va Dublin, Trinity College Library, ms. A. 2. 3. Vol. 1, 7-92 St. Petersburg, Saltykov-Schtschedrin Bibl., Ms. lat. F. v. I, Nr. 37, 36rb- 43ra |