Commentary on the Apocalypse and commentary on the Book of Daniel
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910
Apocalypse: Tree of Life; and River of Life(Revelation 22:2-5) -- Christ beardless, pearled nimbus, book in left hand, seated on cushioned bench in starred mandorla flanked by eighteen saints, pearled nimbi, holding books, seated in three rows on cushioned benches under arcades; River of Life flowing from the mandorla to Tree of Life represented.
To right, on Mount Zion, angel grasping hand of John, both wearing pearled nimbi.
Starred background; inscription in upper margin, HIC POPULORUM ET HABITABIT DOMINUS CUM EIS TRONO ET REGNABUNT IN SECULA SECULORUM, and next to river, FLUMEN DE TRONO [...].
He took me up a high mountain and showed me the river of the water of life, shining like crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of its main street, and on both sides of the river, was the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, offering one for each month, and the leaves are for the health of the nations. But the throne of God and the Lamb will be in it, and his servants shall serve him. They shall see his face and his name shall be on their foreheads. Night shall be no more, and they will need neither lamp nor sun because the Lord God will illuminate them. And they shall reign forever and ever. (Rev. 22:1–5)
The enthroned figures holding books and acclaiming God are not mentioned in the text, but the inscription identifies them as "the people of God with whom he lives who will reign forever and ever."