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Illustration from the:

Rylands Beatus

Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana,
copy of c.1175
Folio 138v.

Register 1, Jerusalem

Register 2, Death of the two witnesses

Folio 138v: Two tiers. Top row: 'Antichristus ciuitatem Iherusalem subuertit' - men on each side pull down stones, in the centre a building containing seven suppliants; bottom row: 'Elias et Enoch occiduntur': they are beheaded by four warriors.

Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
Classmark: Latin MS 8
Subject(s): Bible. Revelation; Bible--commentaries
Origin Place: Spain
Date of Creation: end of 12th or start of 13th century
Former Owner(s): Bachelin-Deflorenne, Antoine, b. 1835; Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899
Extent: ff. 254 (iii+249+ii) Leaf height: 454 mm, width: 326 mm.
University of Manchester Library, Latin MS 8