The San Miguel Beatus Codex
Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana, Spain, c.945ADPierpont Morgan Library, New York. Ms 644, ff.117v-118r
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117v-118 Adoration of the Lamb by the multitude. The miniature is painted on three horizontal zones, of which the upper has a small oblong separated at the extreme right. Zone l - Lamb of God holding cross in a medallion supported by the wings of the Four Beasts with human bodies on wheels. These are flanked by two groups of angels. In rectangle at right, an angle addresses John, holding an open book.
[not shown] Zone 2 - twenty-one martyrs holding palm branches - painted against a yellow background.
Zone 3 - four rows of saints, labeled: 144 sons of Israel. source
