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Spain: The Scourge of the Fifth Plague. From the Escorial Beatus version of the Apocalypse (10th century).

Spain: The Scourge of the Fifth Plague. From the Escorial Beatus version of the Apocalypse (10th century).

The Escorial Beatus is a 10th century illuminated manuscript of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana. The manuscript was probably created at the monastery at San Millán de la Cogolla. There are 151 extant folios; the manuscript is illustrated with 52 surviving miniatures. The Apocalypse of John is the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament.