Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Apocalypse
Belgium, Ghent, ca. 1475
MS M.484 fol. 64r

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Apocalypse: Beast and Dragon -- Winged dragon, seven crowned heads and ten horns, confronts beast with seven crowned heads, each with tongue emerging. The beast stands with front feet on shore, and hindquarters in water.
Scene in landscape with shoreline.
Grisaille miniature with color wash.
Margins decorated with border of floreate rinceaux.
Illustration of Revelation 13:1-3