Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Berry Apocalypse
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.133 fol. 10v

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Apocalypse: Seal I, White Horse -- Rider, crowned, holding bow in right hand and arrows in left hand, and wearing money bag at waist, is astride gray horse, bridled. Beast (angel), emerging from cloud, holds scroll inscribed MATHIEU.
Scene within landscape with rocky outcrops and trees.
Illustration of Revelation 6:1-2.