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The Horsemen on Fire-Breathing Horses; Dyson Perrins Apocalypse, about 1255-1260. Creator: Unknown.

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The Horsemen on Fire-Breathing Horses; Dyson Perrins Apocalypse, about 1255-1260. Additional Info:Saint John describes the warriors summoned to help kill a third of the earth's people as wearing "breastplates of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone." The description of the scene continues, "and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions: and from their mouths proceeded fire, and smoke, and sulphur." (Apocalypse 9:17) The horses kill off multitudes with their mouths and tails, with the bodies and myriad heads of their victims littering the ground beneath the horses' trampling hooves. The entire image conveys a sense of the army's merciless power.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM24A68_008

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Droits gérés

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48,6Mo (2,1Mo) / 29,0cm x 42,0cm / 3422 x 4960 (300dpi)

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