Commentary on the Apocalypse and commentary on the Book of Daniel
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910
Daniel: Vision, Man in Linen (Daniel 10:4 ff.) -- Daniel, inscribed DANIEL INTERROGAT USQUE FINIS ORUM MIRABILIUM, nimbed, pointing to man clothed in linen represented by nimbed angel orant, standing on river Hiddekel (Tigris) inscribed HIC FLUUIUS TYGRIS QUE EBRAICE DICITUS ET DEGEL.
Below, two nimbed angels, one holding staff, inscribed ET ALIUS ANGELUS HINC SUPER RIPAM FLUUIUS, standing on either side of the river.
Text is Jerome, In Danielem X, beginning.
In the third year of Cyrus, king of the Persians, a message was revealed to Daniel. I, Daniel, was next to the great Tigris river, and saw a man clothed in linen, and his waist was wrapped with the finest gold, and his face was like lightning and his eyes like a burning lamp. And he said, "I have come to teach you what will happen to your people in the latter days, because the vision is for a long time from now. But Daniel, close the message and seal the book, until the established time." And then I saw two others who stood up, one on each bank of the river. And I said to the man clothed in linen, "How long will it be until the end of these wonders?" And the man lifted both hands toward heaven, saying, when the band of holy people is completely dispersed. (Dan. 10–12)
The angel at the top, his arms raised, is the one clothed in linen (although the artist did not follow the biblical description). The two men on the banks of the Tigris are the two smaller angels.