Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Fall of Babylon (c. 1295): Art, History and Details

Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Fall of Babylon (c. 1295) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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. These miniatures come from a manuscript produced in Lorraine, then artistically influenced by English models.

Object facts

• Title: Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The Fall of Babylon
• Date: c. 1295
• Culture: France, Lorraine
• Type: Manuscript
• Technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
• Dimensions: Sheet: 10.4 x 14.6 cm (4 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
• Collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1983.73.1.b

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

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