Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
Netherlands, perhaps Utrecht, ca. 1405-1410
MS M.691 fol. 189r

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Christ: Last Judgment -- Christ, rayed nimbus, wearing crown of thorns, showing wounds, sits on arc (rainbow) with two swords pointed at head. Globe sits at his feet among nude figures rising from graves, some with hands joined in prayer.
Scene against gold background within decorated initial D.