Miniature Representing Revelation 10:1-10, In 'The Abingdon Apocalypse'

Date: 1270

This Apocalypse manuscript contains the Latin text of the biblical book of Revelation, written on versos, with a commentary in French on the facing rectos, each with a miniature. The manuscript takes its name from two added inscriptions: one states that it was given to the Benedictine abbey of St. Mary, Abingdon, by a bishop of Salisbury; the other records that it was lent by the abbot and convent of Abingdon in 1362 to Joan, wife of King David II of Scotland.
This image is an example of how quite extensive texts could be incorporated into an image through the use scrolls held by the protagonists.
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