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"description": "The visionary text of Saint John the Evangelist's Apocalypse, the final book of the New Testament, inspired these images of salvation, sin, and divine retribution. A large number of illustrated volumes of the Apocalypse appeared in Northern Europe, especially in England, after the year 1240, perhaps reflecting a fear of the world's end.",
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"citation": "Morgan, Neil, \"The Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse,\" in Ayers, Tim. Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's, 1982-83 : Two Hundred and Forty-Nineth Season. Totowa, N.J.: Sotheby Publications, 1983.",
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