MHOGD

4–15. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the Beatus of Fernando and Sancha

Unlike other interpreters of the Apocalypse, Beatus saw the first horseman as God’s envoy, whose arrows pierce the hearts of nonbelievers.

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1047CE
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Sandie Maxa

from Meggs: The monastic dictum Pictura est laicorum literatura (The picture is the layman’s literature) evidences the motivation for illustrations conveying information to the illiterate.