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Miniatures from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse

Cleveland Museum of Art

The illustration depicts a scene from "Miniatures from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse" by an unknown artist. The scene shows two men on the left side and a woman on the right side. The man on the left has blond hair and a beard, wearing a blue shirt and a red shawl, with a halo around his head, holding books. The man beside him has blond curly hair, wearing a gray shirt and a red shawl with white wings, also with a halo, and his right arm extended toward a creature. The creature has a lion-like body with a neck and head that splits into seven green haloed heads with blond curly hair. The woman on the right has long blond hair and a crown, wearing a red shirt and a white skirt, holding a gold cup. The background of the illustration is blue with small white dots. The illustration is bordered by a beige frame with a blue patterned inner edge.

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