Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Golden legend
Belgium, Bruges, 1445-1465
MS M.672-5 I, fol. 5r

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Christ: Last Judgment -- Christ, rayed cross nimbus, partially nude, showing wounds, right hand raised in blessing, is seated on rainbow arc, His feet resting on tri-partite globe. He is flanked by two angels, seated on scalloped clouds, blowing trumpets, and two groups of Elect, including monk (Peter as Warden of Paradise?), tonsured, nimbed, and five other nimbed figures.
Also flanking Christ, at ends of rainbow, are Virgin Mary, nimbed, hands joined at breast, and John Baptist, raising right hand to breast, seated in scalloped clouds.
Below, six figures emerge from graves, including nun, pope wearing triple-crowned tiara, crowned emperor, and monk, pulled from grave by green devil with iron claw.
Lids of tombs for nun and pope are decorated with depictions of a nun and pope, respectively.