Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the Angel of God Directs Saint John to Write the Book of Revelation

Unknown Artist

ca. 1180

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the Angel of God Directs Saint John to Write the Book of Revelation by Unknown Artist

Medium

Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment

Dimensions

Overall (folio): 17 1/2 x 11 13/16 in. (44.4 x 30 cm) Mat: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)

Classification

Manuscripts and Illuminations

Culture

Spanish

Department

The Cloisters

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Rogers and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds, and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1991

Accession Number

1991.232.3

Tags

AngelsChristSaints

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