Keywords: William de Brailes - The Last Judgment (Matthew 25 -31-46) - Walters W10623R - Full Page.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator William de Brailes This image from Walters manuscript w 106 depicts the Last Judgment Christ had said that when the Son of Man comes in his glory he will sit on his glorious throne Before him all the nations will be gathered and he will separate them one from another the sheep on his right the goats on his left To the ones on his right he will say Come O blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world Then he will say to those on his left Depart from me you cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels The apostles accompany the Son of Man in heaven while below St Michael welcomes the blessed to his right and on his left the devil pitchforks the cursed into the monstrous hellmouth last seen on the first page of the book prepared for the Rebel Angels ca 1250 Medieval ink pigment parchment cm 13 2 9 5 accession number W 106 23R 14487 Léon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore June 6 1903 by purchase see The Diaries of George Lucas Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1903 Translation the inscription on the scroll reads Welcome O blessed Descend O cursed; Transliteration VENITE BENEDICTI DESCENDITE MALEDICTI Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Manuscript Sleuthing Discoveries of a Curator The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 To Hell and Back Medieval Images of the Afterworld The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Oxford England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license 2D Walters MS W106 - Bible Pictures by William de Brailes Medieval miniatures of Last Judgment Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |