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The Opening of the Third Seal: The Third Horseman

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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 when [the lamb] had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying "Come, and see." And behold a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales. >(Apocalypse 6:5) The third living creature, bearing the face of an ox, gently leads Saint John with his cloven hoof. The third horseman holds scales used for weighing food and wine, referring to his association with famine.

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