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The Second Trumpet: The Burning Mountain in the Sea
Unknownabout 1255–1260
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
According to Saint John's text, when the second angel sounds its trumpet, "a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea, and a third part of the sea became blood." (Apocalypse 8:8) On the left, an angel with multi-colored wings blows the trumpet while ships filled with people and animals capsize amidst tongues of fire on the right.
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- Title: The Second Trumpet: The Burning Mountain in the Sea
- 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.72.11v
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig III 1, fol. 11v
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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