The Lamb of the Apocalypse

This fresco is in the vestibule outside the Chapel of the Magi above the original entryway. It depicts the Lamb of the Apocalypse on an altar. Standing on the altar are seven candlesticks, and suspended from it are seven seals. The seven seals point to the revelation of St John the Evangelist. There they seal the book God holds in his right hand until they are loosed by "a lamb as it had been slain." The opening of the seven seals initiates God's sentencing of mankind. See less