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The First Trumpet: Hail and Fire Fall from Heaven

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Date: about 1255–1260
Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink
Culture: English
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

The sounding of the first trumpet brings on destruction and mayhem: "there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and it was cast on the earth." (Apocalypse 8:7)

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