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The Opening of the Fifth Seal: The Souls of the Dead Receiving White Robes, about 1255-1260. Creator: Unknown.

The Opening of the Fifth Seal: The Souls of the Dead Receiving White Robes, about 1255-1260. Creator: Unknown.

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The Opening of the Fifth Seal: The Souls of the Dead Receiving White Robes; Dyson Perrins Apocalypse, about 1255-1260. Additional Info: Quote Text: And when [the lamb] had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony they held. (Apocalypse 6:9). The souls of martyrs, those who died upholding the word of God, slowly emerge from beneath the altar and receive white robes from angels, who help to dress them.

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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. Folio
  2. Manuscript
  3. Recto
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4413x6657
File Size : 86,067kb

Aliases

  1. 83.MC.72.8
  1. Ms. Ludwig III 1 (83.MC.72), fol. 8
  1. 1200006335
  1. 3-042-638
  1. 3042638
  1. 83.MC.72.8

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