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The Corpus Apocalypse is the most lavishly ornamented English Apocalypse manuscript of the fourteenth century. Measuring 37 x 26 centimetres and containing 144 pages, the manuscript features a dense series of 121 large miniatures in brilliant colours and sparkling gold and silver. Most of the glowing gold surfaces are decorated with delicate chasing. Fascinating images of dramatic events are depicted on imaginatively patterned backgrounds. The illustrations were created by one or two masters (probably French) active in London.
The present miniature form folio 68r depicts a coronation ceremony.
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