Spain: 'Satan Freed'. A Horned seven-headed Beast (the Antichrist) from the Sea is flanked by groups of men representing nations. From a 12th century version of 'The Commentary on the Apocalypse' by Beatus of Liébana. Commentary on the Apocalypse (Commentaria In Apocalypsin) was originally an eighth century work by the Spanish monk and theologian Beatus of Liébana. Today, it refers to any of the extant manuscript copies of this work, especially any of the 26 illuminated copies that have survived. It is often referred to simply as the Beatus.

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