The Cloisters Apocalypse, ca. 1330, Made in Normandy, France, French, Tempera, gold, silver, and ink on parchment; later leather

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The Cloisters Apocalypse, ca. 1330, Made in Normandy, France, French, Tempera, gold, silver, and ink on parchment; later leather binding, Overall: 12 3/8 × 9 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. ( × × cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, The Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation, was, according to European medieval tradition, written by John the Evangelist during his exile on the Greek island of Patmos. The opening chapters recount God’s instructions to the bishops of the seven churches in Asia Minor

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