MINIATURIST, English
(active in 1270s in London)

Douce Apocalypse

c. 1272
Manuscript (Ms. Douce 180), 311 x 203 mm (folio size)
Bodleian Library, Oxford

In the miniature on folio 18v, John is standing on the left and looking up the lamb, who is breaking the sixth seal. There is a black sun on the sky and a storm is raging. The powerful earthquake has uprooted trees, destroyed houses and buried the people beneath.