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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Search form Search Fol. 125 ‹ Previous Next › Whore of Babylon on the Seven-Headed Beast Beatus of LiébanaLas Huelgas Apocalypse Spain1220Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910 MS M.429 (fol. 125)See more information »Page description: I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was clothed all around with purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand, filled with the abomination and the filth of her fornication. And on her forehead was written: Mystery, Babylon the great. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is soon to ascend from the abyss and go forth unto destruction. (Rev. 17:3–8) The whore, sitting on a scarlet beast, wears a Moorish crown; her long, loose hair suggests her licentiousness. About this exhibition: The Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation, is not only the last Book of the New Testament, but its most difficult, puzzling, and terrifying. It provided challenges to medieval illustrators and was the source for a number of popular images, such as Christ in Majesty, the Adoration of the Lamb, and the Madonna of the Apocalypse and contributed to the widespread use of the Evangelists' symbols. Selected images from Apocalypse Then: Medieval Illuminations from the Morgan, an exhibition held at the Morgan are presented here. The exhibition celebrates the completion of a facsimile of the Morgan's Las Huelgas Apocalypse—the latest dated (1220) and largest surviving manuscript of a Spanish tradition of illuminated commentaries on the Apocalypse by the monk Beatus of Liébana. The series of manuscripts constitutes Spain's most important contribution to medieval manuscript illumination. The Las Huelgas Apocalypse contains three sections: the prefatory cycle, the Apocalypse, and the Book of Daniel. In addition to forty-nine images from the Las Huelgas Apocalypse, six images from other manuscripts in the Morgan's collections, including the earliest Beatus painted by Maius and one by the Master of the Berry Apocalypse, are in this presentation. Printer-friendly version Apocalypse Then: Medieval Illuminations from the Morgan Overview Las Huelgas Apocalypse Fol. 2 Fols. 3v–4 Fol. 8v Fol. 9v Fol. 12 Fol. 13 Fol. 19v Fol. 22 Fols. 31v-32 Fol. 40 Fol. 50 Fol. 59v Fol. 61v Fol. 71v Fol. 74v Fol. 78 Fol. 86v Fol. 89 Fol. 90v Fol. 94 Fols. 95v-96 Fols. 101v-102 Fol. 113v Fol. 116v Fol. 118 Fol. 121v Fol. 122 Fol. 124v Fol. 125 Fol. 131v Fol. 134v Fol. 135 Fol. 137 Fol. 138v Fol. 140v Fol. 141 Fol. 146v Fol. 147 Fol. 151 Fol. 154 Fol. 159 Fol. 162 Fol. 163 Fol. 167 Fol. 172v Fols. 129v–130 Fols. 149v–150 Fols. 184v, 183 Other Manuscripts MS M.644 (fols. 86v–87) MS M.1079, fols. 6v–7 MS M.644 (fols. 219v–20) MS M.240, fols. 3v–4 MS M.133v (fol. 57v) Hours The Morgan Library & Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10:30 am to 5 pm, and Friday from 10:30 am to 7 pm. 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