Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Apocalypse
Belgium, Ghent, ca. 1475
MS M.484 fol. 89r

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Apocalypse: Babylon, Call to depart -- At left, city is burning; outside of the walls, four men, three wearing hats, and one woman wearing headdress, look back at the city. Half-figure of angel is above, emerging from cloud.
Scene in landscape with mountains in distance.
Grisaille miniature with color wash.
Margins decorated with border of floreate rinceaux.
Illustration of Revelation 18:4.