Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Apocalypse
England and France, London, between 1255 and 1260
MS M.524 fol. 20r

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1) Apocalypse: Satan cast down -- Within flaming Hell Mouth, green devil pierces with forked implement False Prophet represented as beast with ram's horns, flanked by spotted Beast and red Dragon, surrounded by group of damned. Background inscription based on Revelation 20:9, ET DIABOLUS QUI SEDUCEBAT ILLOS MISSUS EST IN STAGNUM IGNIS ET SULFURIS UBI ET BESTIA and on Revelation 20:10, ET PSEUDOPROPHETE CRUCIABUNTUR DIE AC NOCTE IN SECULA SECULORUM.
Illustration of Revelation 20:9-10.
2) Apocalypse: Last Resurrection and Judgment -- John, pearled nimbus, bearded, sits on mound, holding book in right hand and raising left hand to chin. Christ, pearled crossed nimbus, raises His right hand in blessing, holds open book, and sits on arc, in cloud-edged mandorla. Below two of five open books (two ruled) fall into flaming Hell Mouth in which is row of souls. Eight nude souls rise behind and above the Hell Mouth, beside sea.
Background inscriptions from Revelation 20:11-15. Relevant to illustration are inscriptions from Revelation 20:11, ET UIDI TRONUM MAGNUM CANDIDUM ET SEDENTEM SUPER EUM A CUIUS ASPECTU FUGIT TERRA ET CELUM ET LOCUS NON EST INUENTUS AB EIS, from Revelation 20:12, ET UIDI MORTUOS MAGNOS ET PUSILLOS STANTES IN CONSPECTU TRONI ET LIBRI APERTI SUNT ET ALIUS LIBER APERTUS EST QUI EST UITE ET IUDICATI SUNT MORTUI EX HIIS QUE SCRIPTA ERANT IN LIBRIS SECUNDUM OPERA IPSORUM, and from Revelation 20:13, ET DEDIT MARE MORTUOS SUOS QUI IN EO ERANT ET MORS ET INFERNUS DEDERUNT MORTUOS QUI IN IPSIS ERANT ET IUDICATUM EST SINGULIS SECUNDUM OPERA IPSORUM.
Illustration of Revelation 20:11-15.
Framed illustrations.