Book of Revelation

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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. (Offenbarung des Johannes)

Français : Apocalypse

Italiano: Apocalisse

Українська: Апокаліпсис

Angers Tapestry of the Apocalypse[edit]

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

(Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale)

John receives revelation
The rain of fire and blood

Category Apocalypse of St. Sever

Beatus Apokalypse[edit]

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

Beatus Facundus[edit]

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

Beatus Escorial[edit]

(Escorial, Madrid)

Third Angel
Fourth Angel
Fifth Angel

Bamberger Apokalypse[edit]

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

Figures and scenes[edit]

Main gallery: Apocalypse of John by episode.

John in Patmos[edit]

1866 illustration by Gustave Doré
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.

The Four Living Creatures[edit]

Cluny
Codex Amiatinus
Maiestas Domini page from Codex Amiatinus (fol. 796v), Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Book of Kells

Michael and the Dragon[edit]

Antichrist[edit]

Antichrist
Lucas Cranach: Antichrist, 1531

Four horsemen[edit]

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

The Dragon with seven heads[edit]

ca 975
Beatus Facundus, 1047
Dürer, The Dragon with seven heads
The Dragon with seven heads, Tarot-card

Whore of Babylon[edit]

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

The lamb[edit]

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

Last Judgement[edit]

1866 illustration by Gustave Doré
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

The new Jerusalem[edit]

1866 engraving by Gustave Doré
Beatus Urgell, 975
Beatus Facundes 1047
Bamberg Apocalypse,
14. century

Bible Illustration[edit]

<Bible illustrations by Sweet Publishing

See also the preceding Letters of James and John

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