Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Berry Apocalypse
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.133 fol. 9v

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Apocalypse: Lamb taking Book -- In sky, lamb, crossed-nimbus, rests right foreleg on open book with seven seals. The book is on right knee of Christ, cross-nimbed and wearing conical tiara, seated, raising right hand, and holding tripartite globe in left hand. Below is landscape with buildings, trees, and rocky outcrops.
Illustration of Revelation 5:7.