Detail View: The AMICA Library: Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1983.73.2.b
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Books
Creator Nationality: 
France, Lorraine, 13th century
Creator Name-CRT: 
France, Lorraine, 13th century
Title: 
Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1295
Creation Start Date: 
1290
Creation End Date: 
1300
Materials and Techniques: 
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Classification Term: 
Manuscript
Style or Period: 
France, Lorraine, 13th century
Dimensions: 
Sheet: 12cm x 14.2cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1983.73.2.b
Credit Line: 
John L. Severance Fund
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Sotheby's, London sale, 25 April 1983, lot 50
Context: 
The visionary text of St. John the Evangelist's Apocalypse, the final book of the New Testament, inspired these images of salvation, sin, and divine retribution. A large number of illustrated volumes of the Apocalypse appeared in Northern Europe, especially in England, after the year 1240--perhaps reflecting a fear of the world's end.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1983.73.2.b.tif