The Woman of the Apocalypse and the Dragon

The Woman is depicted in a side profile, wearing a dark plum-colored mantle over a light gown; her head is surrounded by a radiating nimbus of spokes. Her large, golden wings are extended, and she flies horizontally above a dark, stylized mountain peak. Below, a dragon with a long, serpentine body patterned with dark blue and yellow spots stands on the ground, its neck stretching upward to project a solid white stream of water from its mouth toward the woman. The scene is set against a flat, dark brown background and is framed by a decorative border of repeating acanthus-like leaf motifs in shades of blue and purple.

This illumination is a critical visual representation of the Book of Revelation (Chapter 12), a foundational text for Christian apocalyptic tradition and medieval eschatology. It depicts the attempt of the dragon to drown the woman, who has been given the wings of a great eagle to escape into the wilderness.