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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Français 403
The Paris Apocalypse
Salisbury, England, 1240-1250AD

Monstrous horses

A larger image of fol. 15v, Chevaux monstrueux F. 15v: Monstrous horses, Paris Apocalypse

Title: Apocalypse glossed in French.
Author : Master of Sarum, illuminator
Publishing date : 1240-1250
Type: manuscript
Language : French
Format: Salisbury (England). - The manuscript is part of an artistic family grouping the oldest island copies of the Apocalypse
Description: Folios 1-45v. Apocalypse glossed in French. The manuscript contains a glossed translation of the widespread Apocalypse as it has been transmitted by some twenty-three other independent copies. The text beginning in the ninth verse of chap. I
Description: Remained in England until the beginning of the 14th century, as suggested by the title at f. 1: "Apocalypsis in pictura facta Karolo Magno", the manuscript later entered the collections of Charles V.
Description: Copy place: Salisbury (England)?
Rights: public domain
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Français 403

Sixth Trumpet: The Army Of Horsemen On Lion-Headed Horses

And I saw the horses in the vision. And the horsemen had breastplates of fire, hyacinth, and sulfur. And the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. And from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur. And one-third part of men was slain by these three afflictions. For the power of these horses is in their mouths and tails. Their tails resemble serpents, and it is the heads that cause harm. And the men who were not slain by these afflictions did not repent from the works of their hands, from worshiping demons or idols, or from their murders, drugs, fornications, and thefts. (Rev. 9:17–21)