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This pretty scene of castles and horses is in fact a depiction of the coming of the Antichrist, from the 15th-century apocalyptic
"Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur". Today we'll be touring all 15 signs of the Antichrist in this manuscript, MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/3854… MS. Douce 134, fol. 64: horse paradeMS. Douce 134, fol. 6r: detail
Signs 1 and 2 of the coming of the Antichrist: the sea rises to the mountaintops and then descends out of sight.

MS. Douce 134, ff. 41v-42r digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/9175… #FolkloreThursday MS. Douce 134, fol. 41v: rising seaMS. Douce 134, fol. 41v: rising seaMS. Douce 134, fol. 42r: descending seaMS. Douce 134, fol. 42r: descending sea
The third sign of the coming of the Antichrist: the gathering together of the fish and sea monsters. (It appears that the sea has risen again since the second sign.)

MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/fc85… #FolkloreThursday MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v: fish and sea monstersMS. Douce 134, fol. 42v: fish and sea monsters
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