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John Commanded to Write and the Blessed Dead

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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 heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord." >(Apocalypse 14:13) An angel descends from heaven with a pen and an inkpot, which he hands to Saint John, ready with parchment and a penknife. To the right, a woman mourns over four dead men. Angels above carry the souls of the departed directly to heaven, a sign that they are among the blessed who have died in the Lord.

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