074, MS M.429, fol. 35v

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Saint Beatus, Presbyter of Liebana
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Commentary on the Apocalypse and commentary on the Book of Daniel

Spain, perhaps Toledo
1220
520 x 370 mm

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910

MS M.429
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Daniel: Vision Four Beasts.

Daniel: Vision Four Beasts -- Four Beasts, two winged, one with ten heads, each with inscription 1) [...] ALAS AGIE SIGNIFICANS NEC NON HYSMAH ELITARISM, 2) PARDUS UESTI REGNUM ALEXANDRINUM MACEDONUM SIGNIFICAT, 3) IRTUS REGNUM MEDO, 4) QUARTA BESTIA HABEBAT DECEM CORNUA ET EGRESSUS MINIMUSQUE CREUERAT EUULSIT ILLA ALIA CORNUA UIDELICET ANTICHRISTUM QUAM DIU(I)SUM FUERIT ROMANORUM IMPERIUM IN DECEM REGES TUNC MATUSALE ANTICHRISTUM OMNIS OCCIDENS SOLUS SIBI UINDICABIT IMPERIUM; starred background.
Nebuchadnezzar: Dream I -- Stone at feet of image, mountain, inscribed MONS, with gap to right.
Beatus of Valcavado, In Apocalypsin, II, Prolog., 8.