MINIATURIST, English
(active in 1250s)

English Apocalypse

c. 1250
Manuscript, 272 x 195 mm (folio size)
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York

The illumination, an illustration to the Book of Revelation, depicts the angel showing St John the Heavenly Jerusalem. The angel urges him to "Look and see!" What draws John's visionary gaze heavenward are the undulating arcs of drapery and the criss-crossed arms of the angel.