Capital Fifteen

In the Book of Revelations the author saw a vision of four riders on horseback heralding the end of the world.
In another vision he was an angel with a sickle reaping the harvest of the earth to be place in the "wine press of the wrath of God."

Inscribed: Angel; Saint John (south side).
Biblical sources: Revelations 6:1-8, Revelations 9:13-19, and Revelations 19:11-16 show the Apocalyptic riders.
Revelations 14:14-20 contains the angel with the sickle.

East View: Apocalyptic rider.	North View: An angel with a sickle.
South View: The Angel and Saint John. Inscribed: ANGELVS (top of relief) SANCTVS IOHANNES

Revelations 6:1-8

¹ Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say, as with a voice of thunder, "Come!"
² And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
³ When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"
⁴And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that men should slay one another; and he was given a great sword.
⁵ When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a balance in his hand;
⁶ and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but do not harm oil and wine!"
⁷ When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"
⁸ And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him; and they were given power over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

Revelations 9:13-19

¹³ Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,
¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."
¹⁵ So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of mankind.
¹⁶ The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.
¹⁷ And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breast-plates the color of fire and of sapphire [or hyacinth] and of sulphur, and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur issued from their mouths.
¹⁹ For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and by means of them they wound.

Revelations 19:11-16

¹¹ Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
¹² His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed which no one knows but himself.
¹³ He is clad in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.
¹⁴ And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, followed him on white horses.
¹⁵ From his mouth issues a sharp sword with which to smite the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
¹⁶ On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, King of kings and Lord of lords.

Revelations 14:14-20

¹⁴ Then I looked, and lo, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat upon the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe."
¹⁶ So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
¹⁷And another angel came out of the temple of heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
¹⁸ Then another angel came out of the altar, the angel who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe."
¹⁹ So the angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God;
²⁰ and the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press, as high as a horse's bridle, for one thousand six hundred stadia [about 200 miles].