The Letters of the Beatus

This tour explains the importance of the book of the Beatus of La Seu and stresses its miniatures and initial letters.

The story focuses on a technical part—the parchment book, the types of tools used, the ink, the pigments used to make the miniatures, etc.—and a part highlighting the beauty of the book at a time when the printing press didn’t exist, and what it means.

After this more theoretical part examining the volume—a facsimile is used—the participants can use stamps with the initial letters from the Beatus’s book to print their own initial or the letter or letters they want.