Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, 1261
MS M.440 fol. 15v

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Psalm 001 (Vulg., 001).
Christ: Last Judgment -- Christ, cross-nimbed, partly draped, showing wounds, orant, sits on bench, flanked by Instruments of Passion, including crown of thorns on green cross, three nails and spear.
Below, two angels, as half figures, blow trumpets; one emerges from clouds toward five dead, including four nude, three emerging from sarcophagi, two standing, raising arms, one wearing shroud.
Scene against gold background within initial B embellished with foliate ornament within decorated frame.