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The Beast from the Sea

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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

>And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten crowns . . . . And the beast . . . was like a leopard, and its feet were like the feet of a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. >(Apocalypse 13:1-2) From the top of a small hillock, this terrifying hybrid beast seems to confront Saint John, who pulls his cloak tightly around him. To the far right, a boat is just visible on the sea.

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