Cloisters Apocalypse
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Cloisters Apocalypse
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The Cloisters Apocalypse, MS 68.174 is a small French illuminated manuscript dated c. 1330. It is based on John the Evangelist's New Testament visions and apocalyptic revelation. According to Christian legend John was exiled c. 95 CE to the Aegean island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. The book evokes John's despair and isolation while exiled, and his prophecy of events and terrors of the last days. The manuscript was probably influenced by the c. 776 writings of the Spanish mo
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C. 1330 French illuminated manuscript
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