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Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Woman Clothed with the Sun

c. 1295

France, Lorraine

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Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Measurements
Sheet: 12 x 14.2 cm (4 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1983.73.2.a
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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.
A horizontally oriented tempera painting depicts figures with light skin tones against a blue background. Centered, a crowned woman in a pink robe stands on a crescent moon, holding a child toward an angel in the upper right. Below, a seven-headed, blue-striped dragon reaches upward. To the right, a woman stands on brown hills holding a book. At the upper left, a green building with a chalice sits within a decorative border.

Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Woman Clothed with the Sun

c. 1295

France, Lorraine

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