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Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven
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The visionary text of St. 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMiniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven, c. 1295. France, Lorraine. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 12 x 14.2 cm (4 3/4 x 5 9/16 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1983.73.2.b
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