The Dragon and the Beasts Cast into Hell
The Beast Wages War against the Saints
Saint Michael Defeating the Beasts
The Opening of the Fourth Seal, Pestilence
An Image of the Beast of the Sea Fashioned
The Beast of the Sea and the Dragon Worshiped
The Worshipers of the Beast Receive His Mark
The Fifth Trumpet Sounded, The First Woe
A Storm; The Woman and the Dragon
"The Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation, was, according to European medieval tradition, written by John the Evangelist during his exile on the Greek island of Patmos. The opening chapters recount God’s instructions to the bishops of the seven churches in Asia Minor. The following chapters describe John’s extraordinary account of events to come at the end of time. The colorful illustrations of this manuscript bring these dream-like prophecies to life."
Art and quotation taken from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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