Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Apocalypse
Belgium, Ghent, ca. 1475
MS M.484 fol. 74v

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Apocalypse: Earth, Vintage -- Angel, holding scythe with both hands, stands next to grapevines; behind the angel is fire. Above, half-figure of second angel, arms extended, emerges from cloud on which is church.
Scene in land scape with hills in distance.
Grisaille miniature with color wash.
Margins decorated with border of floreate rinceaux.
Illustration of Revelation 14: 18-19.