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The Second Angel and Babylon Destroyed

Unknownabout 1255–1260

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

And another angel followed, saying: That great Babylon is fallen, is fallen who made all peoples drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.(Apocalypse 14:8)

An angel shows the ruins of the great city of sin, Babylon, to the dismayed Saint John. To the right of the fallen buildings, a man drinks the "wine of wrath" from a chalice. Reinforcing the themes of the miniature, a man in the initial E below takes a hearty, healthy drink out of a gourd, while another sounds a horn from the towers of a thriving city.

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  • Title: The Second Angel and Babylon Destroyed
  • 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.72.27v
  • Culture: English
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig III 1, fol. 27v
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown
  • Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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