Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Apocalypse
Belgium, Ghent, ca. 1475
MS M.484 fol. 33v

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Apocalypse: Seal I, White Horse -- Hand holding crown emerges from cloud, toward right hand of man astride horse below. The man, wearing soft hat, holds bow with left hand. Left back hoof of the horse is in book.
Scene in landscape with trees, and hills in distance.
Grisaille miniature with color wash.
Margins decorated with border of floreate rinceaux.
Illustration of Revelation 6:1.