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The Fifth Vessel: The Slandering of God
Unknownabout 1255–1260
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The fifth angel poured out its vessel upon the seat of the beast, and its kingdom became dark, and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain: and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and wounds, and they did not do penance for their works.(Apocalypse 16:10-11)
The illuminator depicted the seat of the beast as covered with a blue cloth. The angel pours out the darkness from a vessel. The wicked, upon whom the darkness is falling like a curtain, gnaw their swollen tongues, even as they blaspheme God above because of their pains.
Details
- Title: The Fifth Vessel: The Slandering of God
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 1255–1260
- Location Created: London (probably), England
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 31.9 × 22.5 cm (12 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.MC.72.33v
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig III 1, fol. 33v
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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