Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vitae patrum
Italy, Naples, between 1350 and 1375
MS M.626 fol. 127v

See more information »

Drythelm of Northumbria: Scene, Vision, Torture of Damned -- Drythelm of Northumbria, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk’s habit, with right hand raised to face, led by nimbed angel, with left hand extended toward scene of nude male soul in fiery pit.
At right, another Drythelm of Northumbria, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk’s habit, with both hands raised, looking down at group of nude male souls, all engulfed in flames, behind possibly river.
Scene framed by two trees.
Illustration of Bede, Vision of Drythelm.