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Illuminated manuscript page with seated haloed Christ, two winged angels, blue background, towers above, and two columns of text below.

Christ in Majesty with Angels, Beatus Manuscript Leaf

A parchment leaf from a medieval illuminated manuscript shows a seated, haloed Christ holding an open book within a blue field, flanked by two winged angels beneath arched red and gold canopies. Towers rise above, a green ground sits below, and two columns of dense black script fill the lower page.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1180
Medium
Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2824 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1185).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Rogers and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds, and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1991

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