Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Apocalypse
Belgium, Ghent, ca. 1475
MS M.484 fol. 73r

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Apocalypse: Earth, Harvest -- Angel stands on earth, extending left hand toward Christ, nimbed and crowned, body partially draped, holding sickle with right hand, standing in mandorla flanked by clouds.
Scene in landscape with church, and with hills and buildings in distance.
Grisaille miniature with color wash.
Margins decorated with border of floreate rinceaux.
Illustration of Revelation 14:14.