Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Berry Apocalypse
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.133 fol. 25v

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Apocalypse: Trumpet V, Locust Plague and Apocalypse: Trumpet V, Falling Star -- Angel Apollyon, crowned and wearing armor, is astride locust, represented as bridled horse, winged, with crowned, long-haired human head. Apollyon indicates pit or well above which is key and into which star is falling.
Illustration of Revelation 9:1-3.