Book of Revelation

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Book of revelation, front page

English: The Apocalypse of John or the Book of Revelation is the last canonical book of the New Testament in the Bible. Autor of the book: John the Evangelist.

Deutsch: Die Apokalypse oder Offenbarung des Johannes ist das letzte kanonische Buch des Neuen Testaments.

Deutsch: Apokalypse

Français : Apocalypse

Italiano: Apocalisse

Українська: Апокаліпсис

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Deutsch: Offenbarung des Johannes

English: Book of Revelation

[edit] Angers Tapestry of the Apocalypse

[edit] Apocalypse of St. Sever (Saint-Sever Beatus)

(Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale)

John receives revelation

The rain of fire and blood

Category Apocalypse of St. Sever

[edit] Beatus Apokalypse

(Master of the School of Tavara; New York Pierpont Morgan Library)

[edit] Beatus Facundus

Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha, 1047:Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS Vit. 14.2

[edit] Beatus Escorial

(Escorial, Madrid)

Third Angel	Fourth Angel	Fifth Angel

[edit] Bamberger Apokalypse

English: The Bamberg Apocalypse (Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, MS A. II. 42) is an 11th century richly illuminated manuscript containing the Book of Revelations and a Gospel Lectionary.

Deutsch: Die Bamberger Apokalypse ist eine mittelalterliche Handschrift aus der Zeit um das Jahr 1000, die zu den bekanntesten Werken aus dem Skriptorium des Klosters Reichenau gehört. Aufbewahrungsort: Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek

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[edit] Figures and scenes

[edit] John in Patmos

John the Evangelist receives revelation	Angel appears to John	Giotto, 1320	14th c.
Hans Memling: John the Evangelist in Patmos	Hieronymus Bosch: John on Patmos	Musée Condé, Chantilly	Musée Condé, Chantilly
Master of Lübeck Bible, J. Paul Getty Museum	Hans Burgkmair d. A., 1518	Hans Burgkmair d. Ä.	Meister E.S.
Meister E.S., St. John in Patmos	Diego Velazquez: St. John in Patmos	Jacopo Vignali, 17th c.

[edit] The Four Living Creatures

Cluny

Codex Amiatinus

Book of Kells

[edit] Antichrist

Antichrist

Lucas Cranach: Antichrist, 1531

[edit] Four horsemen

Four horsemen, 13. century	Four horseman, ca. 870	Four horsemen; The red horse, 13th century.	Four horsemen; The black horse, 13th century.
Duerer, Four horsemen		Peter von Cornelius: Four horsemen, 1845

[edit] The Dragon with seven heads

ca 975

Beatus Facundus, 1047

Dürer, The Dragon with seven heads

The Dragon with seven heads, Tarot-card

[edit] Whore of Babylon

Whore of Babylon, Bamberg Apocalypse	Beatus Facundus 1047	Beatus Facundus 1047	Whore of Babylon; Saint Pierre (Chauvignon), France
Whore of BaBYLON	Whore of Babylon, woodcut	Whore of Babylon, 1800	Dürer, Whore of Babylon

[edit] The lamb

The mystic lamb', about 870	Beatus Apocalypse	c. 975	13th c.
Bamberg Apocalypse; lamb and book with seven seals	The lamb, Book with seven seals	Book with seven seals, lamb	Book with seven seals, lamb
Genter altar, The mystic lamb

[edit] Last Judgement

Meisterin der Schule von Tavara, 975	The last judgement	1422	Fra Angelico, 1432-35
Rogier van der Weyden, Last judgement, detail	Stefan Lochner, ca 1435	Hans Memling: Last judgement, 1466-1473	Rogier van der Weyden
Jan van Eyck, Genter Altar	Schedelsche Weltchronik, 1493	Luca Signorelli, Orvieto, 1499-1505	Michelangelo, Sixtine Chapel 1508-1512
Resurrection of dead