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The Beast from the Earth Killing People and People Receiving the Mark of the Beast

Date

about 1255–1260

Medium

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

Culture

English

Department

Manuscripts

Institution

Getty Museum

From the margin of the page, Saint John turns to see people kneeling before the beast who stands regally before them. In the center, the creature with "horns like a lamb" faces left to slay with a huge scimitar those who will not worship the beast. The illuminator repeated the figure of this creature facing right, where it places its sign, the number *666,* on the foreheads of those who remain after the slaying, that is, on those evil people who adore Satan's creation. The dark sword shape seen between the creature and the people is oxidized silver showing through from the other side of the page.

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