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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless by unknown artist, ca. 1180.
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless

Unknown artist

ca. 1180 · Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment

About this work

Artist

Unknown artist

Date

ca. 1180

Medium

Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment

Dimensions

Overall (folio): 17 1/2 x 11 13/16 in. (44.5 x 30 cm) Mat: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)

Department

The Cloisters

Culture

Spanish

Artwork signals

Angels

Where to see it

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028

Gallery information available
Gallery 014

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Credit line: Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Rogers and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds, and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1991

Source: View original museum record