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The Massacre of the Two Witnesses by the Beast

Date

about 1255–1260

Medium

Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink

Culture

English

Department

Manuscripts

Institution

Getty Museum

After the two witnesses have finished prophesying, a blue-faced, red-eyed beast with a tail and cloven hooves rises from an abyss, wielding a giant scimitar to kill them. Although not explicitly described as such in the text, the label *antixp[christ]e* above both representations of the beast identifies it as the Antichrist in the miniature. On the right, Saint John bends down to view the murder, peering through an opening in the frame.

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