Commentary on the Apocalypse and commentary on the Book of Daniel
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910
Apocalypse: Seal VI, Earthquake (Revelation 6:12-17) -- Christ beardless, pearled nimbus, book in left hand, seated on cushioned bench, inscribed TRONUS DOMINI, in cloud mandorla supported by two angels, pearled nimbi.
Below, sun and moon flanked by four of Twenty-four Elders, pearled nimbi, one holding book; stars falling; three groups of men hiding in mountains; starred background.
And when he had opened the sixth seal, I saw a great earthquake. And the sun became black, like a haircloth sack, and the entire moon became like blood. And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, just as when a fig tree, shaken by a great wind, drops its immature figs. And heaven receded, like a scroll being rolled up. And every mountain, and the islands, were moved from their places. And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the military leaders, and the wealthy, and the strong, and everyone, servant and free, hid themselves in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and the rocks: "Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One sitting upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of their wrath has arrived. And who will be able to stand?" (Rev. 6:12–17)
At the top, two flying angels support the enthroned Christ in an aureole, while four elders are in attendance. The bottom part of the miniature follows the text.