Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Lectionary
Belgium, possible Bruges, ca. 1470
MS M.68 fol. 201v

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Apocalypse: False Prophet and Beast -- At left, John, nimbed, raising right hand, holding with left hand, book on lap, is seated in landscape. In foreground, winged dragon with two horns, as False Prophet, confronts group of men, four wearing hats, one with knotted sash, two with joined hands, most looking toward the dragon. Two men look up toward rayed arc of Heaven. Illustration of Revelation 13:11.