Book of Revelation

(Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale)

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  John receives revelation
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  The rain of fire and blood
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Book of revelation, front page

English: The Apocalypse of John or the Book of Revelation is the last canonical book of the New Testament in the Bible. Autor of the book: John the Evangelist.

Deutsch: Die Apokalypse oder Offenbarung des Johannes ist das letzte kanonische Buch des Neuen Testaments. (Offenbarung des Johannes)

Français : Apocalypse

Italiano: Apocalisse

Українська: Апокаліпсис

Angers Tapestry of the Apocalypse

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Apocalypse of St. Sever (Saint-Sever Beatus)

Category Apocalypse of St. Sever

Beatus Apokalypse

(Master of the School of Tavara; New York Pierpont Morgan Library)

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Beatus Facundus

Facundus, pour Ferdinand Ier de Castille et Leon et la reine Sancha, 1047:Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS Vit. 14.2

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Beatus Escorial

(Escorial, Madrid)

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  Third Angel
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  Fourth Angel
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  Fifth Angel
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Bamberger Apokalypse

English: The Bamberg Apocalypse (Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, MS A. II. 42) is an 11th century richly illuminated manuscript containing the Book of Revelation and a Gospel Lectionary.

Deutsch: Die Bamberger Apokalypse ist eine mittelalterliche Handschrift aus der Zeit um das Jahr 1000, die zu den bekanntesten Werken aus dem Skriptorium des Klosters Reichenau gehört. Aufbewahrungsort: Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek

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More Pictures

Figures and scenes

Main gallery: Apocalypse of John by episode.

John in Patmos

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  1866 illustration by Gustave Doré
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  John the Evangelist receives revelation
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  Angel appears to John
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  Giotto, 1320
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  14th c.
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  Hans Memling: John the Evangelist in Patmos
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  Hieronymus Bosch: John on Patmos
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  Musée Condé, Chantilly
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  Musée Condé, Chantilly
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  Master of Lübeck Bible, J. Paul Getty Museum
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  Hans Burgkmair d. A., 1518
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  Hans Burgkmair d. Ä.
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  Meister E.S.
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  Meister E.S., St. John in Patmos
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  Diego Velazquez: St. John in Patmos
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  Jacopo Vignali, 17th c.

The Four Living Creatures

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  Cluny
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  Codex Amiatinus
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  Maiestas Domini page from Codex Amiatinus (fol. 796v), Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
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  Book of Kells

Michael and the Dragon

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Antichrist

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  Antichrist
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  Lucas Cranach: Antichrist, 1531

Four horsemen

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  Four horsemen, 13. century
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  Four horseman, ca. 870
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  Four horsemen; The red horse, 13th century.
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  Four horsemen; The black horse, 13th century.
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  Duerer, Four horsemen
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  Peter von Cornelius: Four horsemen, 1845

The Dragon with seven heads

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  ca 975
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  Beatus Facundus, 1047
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  Dürer, The Dragon with seven heads
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  The Dragon with seven heads, Tarot-card

Whore of Babylon

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  Whore of Babylon, Bamberg Apocalypse
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  Beatus Facundus 1047
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  Beatus Facundus 1047
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  Whore of Babylon; Saint Pierre (Chauvignon), France
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  Whore of BaBYLON
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  Whore of Babylon, woodcut
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  Whore of Babylon, 1800
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  Dürer, Whore of Babylon

The lamb

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  The mystic lamb', about 870
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  Beatus Apocalypse
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  c. 975
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  13th c.
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  Bamberg Apocalypse; lamb and book with seven seals
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  The lamb, Book with seven seals
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  Book with seven seals, lamb
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  Book with seven seals, lamb
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  Genter altar, The mystic lamb

Last Judgement

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  1866 illustration by Gustave Doré
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  Meisterin der Schule von Tavara, 975
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  The last judgement
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  1422
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  Fra Angelico, 1432-35
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  Rogier van der Weyden, Last judgement, detail
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  Stefan Lochner, ca 1435
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  Hans Memling: Last judgement, 1466-1473
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  Rogier van der Weyden
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  Jan van Eyck, Genter Altar
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  Schedelsche Weltchronik, 1493
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  Luca Signorelli, Orvieto, 1499-1505
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  Michelangelo, Sixtine Chapel 1508-1512
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  Resurrection of dead

The new Jerusalem

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  1866 engraving by Gustave Doré
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  Beatus Urgell, 975
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  Beatus Facundes 1047
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  Bamberg Apocalypse,
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  14. century

Bible Illustration

<Bible illustrations by Sweet Publishing

See also the preceding Letters of James and John

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