Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven

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Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven

Date: c. 1295
Medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Culture: France, Lorraine
Department: Medieval Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 151528

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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.

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Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Provenance: Sotheby's, London sale, 25 April 1983, lot 50 | Sotheby's, London sale, 25 April 1983, lot 50

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