This ancient document was written by Cassiodorus (d.580) who was a senator, then theologian before he founded a monastery in Italy where he resided with scholar-monks till his death. Only one copy of this document remains in existence and is in Verona.
Cassiodorus sees John's vision in the Apocalypse (Revelations) as specifically "concerning the end of the world" and that furthermore the visions are "joining things in the past with things in the future".
Here the seals are seen differently to other commentators of Revelations which I have mentioned before, Cassiodorus believes that the first two seals and the first two horsemen symbolize Christ. The white horse is purity and the red horse is the blood that was shed. He also sees other symbolic things as describing parts of the church, for example the 144,000 are the "congregation of the saints" also, the 'harp of the elders' signifies the relationships between the members of the church.
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