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Illuminated manuscript page with a blue sky of gold stars, an angel, red streams falling into a pit, and striped locust-like creatures over red and green bands.

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: at the Clarion of the Fifth Angel's Trumpet, a Star Falls from the Sky; the Bottomless Pit is Opened with a Key; Emerging from the Smoke, Locusts Come Upon the Earth and Torment the Deathless

A leaf from a medieval illuminated manuscript shows a framed miniature beneath a blue sky dotted with gold stars. An angel at upper left and a bright sun-like disk hover above red streams falling into a dark pit, while striped locust-like creatures swarm across red and green bands. Two columns of Latin text fill the lower page.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1180
Medium
Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2845 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1185).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Rogers and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds, and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1991

Español: Hoja de manuscrito del Beato: quinta trompeta, estrella y langostas

Una hoja de un manuscrito medieval iluminado muestra una miniatura enmarcada bajo un cielo azul salpicado de estrellas doradas. Un ángel en la esquina superior izquierda y un disco brillante, similar a un sol, flotan sobre chorros rojos que caen hacia un pozo oscuro, mientras criaturas rayadas parecidas a langostas recorren franjas rojas y verdes. Dos columnas de texto en latín llenan la parte inferior de la página.

Português: Folha de manuscrito do Beato: quinta trombeta, estrela e gafanhotos

Uma folha de um manuscrito medieval iluminado mostra uma miniatura emoldurada sob um céu azul salpicado de estrelas douradas. Um anjo no canto superior esquerdo e um disco brilhante, semelhante a um sol, pairam sobre jatos vermelhos que caem em um poço escuro, enquanto criaturas listradas parecidas com gafanhotos percorrem faixas vermelhas e verdes. Duas colunas de texto em latim preenchem a parte inferior da página.

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