Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vita Christi (Life of Christ)
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1487-1490
MS M.894 fol. 241v

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Christ: prophesying Second Coming -- Man, wearing cap, stands winnowing grain with sieve at fireside, in front of barn, in which are broom, ladder, with flail hanging from it, piles of grain and straw, and three men, wearing hats, standing. Two men, both wearing hats, one elderly, walking with staff, assisted by younger man, approach from right. At right, God, wearing papal tiara, holding globe in left hand, stands in mandorla and gestures toward three angels and the Elect, nude, some tonsured, with joined hands raised. Below, the Damned, nude, amid flames.
Illustration of Matthew 25:32