On 31 March, in Tábara (Zamora), the academic commemoration of the inclusion in the UNESCO International Memory of the World Register of the most important codices (‘beatos’) of the Commentary on the Apocalypse of Saint John, which were written by the Beatus of Liébana, will be held. These codices are kept in the archives and libraries of Spain and Portugal. The Day is part of the 150th anniversary of the creation of the National Historical Archive.
The following day, April 1st, from 11am to 9pm, the original codex of the Beatus of Tábara will be exhibited in the supposedly original site of the Beatus Interpretation Centre, located in the Church of Santa María.
The National Historical Archive contains in its documentary collection this codex, produced in the 10th century, in the now disappeared Monastery of San Salvador de Tábara. The codex includes a miniature of the tower of this monastery and the scriptorium where it was made.
The Medieval Beatus. A shared heritage’ is organised by the Directorate General for Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Tábara Town Council and the Centre for Benaventan Studies, with the collaboration of the Caja Rural Foundation of Zamora and the Directorate General for Books, Archives and Libraries of Portugal. It will be attended by authorities from both countries, including the Spanish Ambassador to UNESCO, Ms Teresa Lizaranzu.