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Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Woman upon the Scarlet Beast
c. 1295
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The visionary text of Saint John the Evangelist's Apocalypse, the final book of the New Testament, inspired these images of salvation, sin, and divine retribution. A large number of illustrated volumes of the Apocalypse appeared in Northern Europe, especially in England, after the year 1240-perhaps reflecting a fear of the world's end. These miniatures come from a manuscript produced in Lorraine, then artistically influenced by English models.
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- Title: Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Woman upon the Scarlet Beast
- Date Created: c. 1295
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 10.2 x 14.7 cm (4 x 5 13/16 in.); Framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); Matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: Sotheby's, London sale, 25 April 1983, lot 60, Sotheby's, London sale, 25 April 1983, lot 60
- Type: Manuscript
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.73.1.a
- Medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: France, Lorraine, 13th century
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
- Accession Number: 1983.73.1.a
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