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The Cloisters Apocalypse
Probably Coutances in Western Normandy (France), early fourteenth century
Gothic bookhand
The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Date of Publication of the Facsimile: 1971
Photography: William F. Pons, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Printer: Conzett and Huber, Zurich (Switzerland)
The terrifying visions of the Apostle John are presented in this manuscript with unexpected restraint
and graciousness. Courtly, elegant figures are moving about in a generally orderly
setting; there is no real chaos or disruption. Even the beasts are somehow well-behaved,
rather than frightening.
(Permission to reproduce images from this facsimile was not granted.)
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