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General

Title opening of the seventh seal: silence in heaven, the angel with the golden censer: smoke of the incense ascends with the prayers of the saints ~ opening of the seventh seal, the seven angels with trumpets ~ Revelation of John, the fifth of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: the falling star opens up the bottomless pit: smoke comes out, the second of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: a great burning mountain is cast into the sea, an angel (or eagle) crying the three woes ~ the seven angels with trumpets
Type Illustration
Sizes 33x44
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1561
Iconclass 73G314,73G3141,73G32,73G325,73G322,73G3241
Iconclass description opening of the seventh seal: silence in heaven, the angel with the golden censer: smoke of the incense ascends with the prayers of the saints ~ opening of the seventh seal, the seven angels with trumpets ~ Revelation of John, the fifth of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: the falling star opens up the bottomless pit: smoke comes out, the second of the seven angels sounds the trumpet: a great burning mountain is cast into the sea, an angel (or eagle) crying the three woes ~ the seven angels with trumpets
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XC.05546 (Revelation) 1 Qq3r
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XC.05546 (Revelation) vol.1 p.Qq3r
Show edition: 1561.NT.dut.HA.a

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References

Literature references

Rosier, Bart Alexander 1997 The Bible in print: Netherlandish bible illustration in the sixteenth century. 2 vols. Leiden.

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