[In principio erat verbum] et verbum erat apud deum et deus erat verbum ...

[In principio erat verbum] et verbum erat apud deum et deus erat verbum ...

Books of hours.

Illumination of books and manuscripts -- 15th century -- Specimens.

Judgment Day. A death scene, full of symbolic figures: a young man stands in a gaping mouth, a common image of hell. One figure holds a stake (not the typical sickle that represents the cutting off of life), another a scroll upon which the evil deeds of the young man are written (the words peccata tua , “your sins” are legible). Frequently an angel fights with the scroll-bearing demon over the dead man, yet no angel intercedes here. Christ as judge hovers above the man for whom there is little hope. Although thematically related to the Office of the Dead , this illumination is found in the Accessory Texts (see the following section ).

Possibly the work of Jean Bourdichon

Book of hours.

circa 1450

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George N. Meissner Collection #8

Vellum printing

Illumination

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George N. Meissner Collection #8

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France 15th century