The Fourth Trumpet and the Eagle of Woe (Bamberg Apocalypse)

The image is divided into two stacked rectangular registers against a gold and grey background. In the top register, a winged angel in a pale blue tunic and golden mantle blows a reddish trumpet, while the sun, moon, and stars are visible above a dark horizon. To the right, a bearded man, likely John the Evangelist, gestures with an open hand toward the scene. In the lower register, the same man stands looking up at a large eagle with outstretched pinkish wings, which has a golden halo and is calling out. The palette is dominated by gold, soft greens, blues, and earth tones characteristic of Ottonian manuscript illumination.

This folio is from the Bamberg Apocalypse, an Ottonian manuscript created circa 1000 AD. It illustrates the Book of Revelation (specifically Revelation 8:12-13), depicting the celestial phenomena of the fourth trumpet blast and the subsequent warning delivered by the eagle flying in mid-heaven.