Revelations

Art of the Apocalypse
 


 

   
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Exploration:
Revelations (
Art of the Apocalypse)
 
 
    Introduction    
    Visions of the World to Come    
    Angels of the Apocalypse    
    The Four Horsemen and the Seven Seals    
    The Beasts, Antichrist, and the Women    
    Judgment Day    
    The Devil and the Damned    
    A New Heaven and a New Earth    
    APPENDIX
 
   
    Exploration: Gothic Era  (Gothic and Early Renaissance)
 
 
 






 

And he cried mightily with a strong voice,  saying, babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils.

Revelation 18:2
 

Warning Angels and the Fall of Babylon.
From  Commentary on the Apocalypse.
Spanish, c. 950
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.

     



 



 

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Revelation 18:21






Angel Casts the Millstone into the Sea.
From  Lambeth Apocalypse.
English, c. 1260
Lambeth Palace Library, London.



 



 

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.


Revelation 19:19


 

Apocalypse, Depicting the Killing of the Seven-Headed Beast.
From  Trinity Apocalypse.
Anglo-Norman, c. 1255-60.
Trinity College Library, Cambridge.



 



 

Apocalypse.
From  Trinity Apocalypse.
Anglo-Norman, ist quarter of 14th century.
The British Library, London.



 



 

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.


Revelation 20:1





Giovan Pietro Birago (15th century).
Saint Michael, Suffrages of the Saints.
From  The Storza Hours.
Late 15th century.
The British Library, London.



 



 

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit.


Revelation 20:2,3


 


Dragon Cast into the Jaws of Hell
From  Lambeth Apocalypse.
English, c. 1260
Lambeth Palace Library, London.



 

               



 

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Revelation 20:12
         

 

Limbourg Brothers (15th century).
Christ as Judge.
From  Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
C. 1413
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France
               



 



 

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them.


Revelation 20:13


 


Limbourg Brothers (15th century).
The Resurrection of the Dead.
From  Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
C. 1413
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France



 



 

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:15


Masters of Dirc van Delf (active c. 1400-10)
Hellmouth.
From  The Table of Christian Faith.
Netherlands, c. 1405-10
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.



 



 

Master of Catherine of Cleves (active c. 1430-60)
The Mouth of Hell with Three Souls at a Table.
From  Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves.
Netherlands, c. 1435.
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.



 

 


 

Master of Catherine of Cleves (active c. 1430-60)
Release of Souls from the  Mouth of Hell.
From  Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves.
Netherlands, c. 1435.
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.



 

 


 

Limbourg Brothers (15th century).
Hell.
From  Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
C. 1413
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France

 

 

 



 

Vision of the Throne of the Lord
(The Paris Apocalypse)
c. 1400
Vellum
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris