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The Opening of the Second Seal: The Second Horseman: Initial E: Two Animals, about 1255-1260. Creator: Unknown.

The Opening of the Second Seal: The Second Horseman: Initial E: Two Animals, about 1255-1260. Creator: Unknown.

3-042-635 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Opening of the Second Seal: The Second Horseman: Initial E: Two Animals; Dyson Perrins Apocalypse, about 1255-1260. Additional Info: The second living creature, with a face like a lion, leads Saint John to where he can see the second horseman, representing civil strife: "And there went out another horse that was red: and to him who sat on it was given a large sword in order that he might take peace from the earth and that they might kill one another. (Apocalypse 6:4) The red-faced horseman turns to confront the viewer directly, menacingly holding a drawn sword.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. St John the Evangelist: : Saint, apostle, author
Medium
  1. Tempera colours, gold leaf, coloured washes, pen and ink
Picture Type
  1. Decorated initial
  2. Folio
  3. Manuscript
  4. Verso
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4510x6719
File Size : 88,778kb

Aliases

  1. 83.MC.72.6v
  1. Ms. Ludwig III 1 (83.MC.72), fol. 6v
  1. 1200006332
  1. 3-042-635
  1. 3042635
  1. 83.MC.72.6v

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