Bridal Mysticism and Eucharistic Devotion: The Marriage of the Lamb in an Illustrated Apocalypse from Fourteenth-Century England: The marriage of the Lamb in an illustrated Apocalypse from fourteenth-century England

This article discusses a little known depiction of the Marriage of the Lamb (Rev. 19.6–9) in an illuminated Apocalypse manuscript from fourteenth-century England. It centers on the substitution of the ring representing the marital bond between the Lamb and its bride, by a host. This modification seems to turn the bride into Ecclesia and the marriage supper into a Eucharistic feast; it also identifies the bride with the priest at the moment of the Elevation of the Host. The article explores the liturgical and didactic meanings of this change, placing it in a wider textual and visual context and discussing its reception by possible female viewers.