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The lecherous are punished with your standard pit of fire, courtesy of delicately shaded devils.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 86r: https://t.co/pkEGeZy7rt

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Next up, the slothful and avaricious. The slothful are eaten by eagles and dragons; the avaricious (including a pope and other church figures) are boiled in cauldrons.

MS. Douce 134, ff. 84v-85r: https://t.co/gjyWRAUyvk

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The wrathful are stabbed and stoned by devils who look rather like dragons and stone gargoyles respectively.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 84r: https://t.co/18Hxb7nhmb

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The envious, meanwhile, are punished by devils with pitchforks and alternating ice and fire baths.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 83v: https://t.co/e8F9U1qYDo

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Here, the souls of the proud and vainglorious are broken on a wheel by a devil straight out of Where the Wild Things Are.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 83r: https://t.co/Z7U3ds5HDS

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Next, the sinners and devils are accused, judged and, according to Christ's speech scroll on fol. 76r, sentenced to "depart cursed into the eternal fire".

MS. Douce 134, fols. 74r, 75r and 76r https://t.co/liJAi2SohT

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...but our favourite is this one, where Lucifer, flanked by devils, is judged by Christ, who sits on a rainbow. Count Lucifer's heads.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 67v https://t.co/3XvDh484yt

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After the Antichrist dies, the 15 signs of the Last Judgment follow (we covered these last week). Then, finally, it's time for the main event, featuring trumpets and a spectacular hellmouth.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 50v: https://t.co/rE7FjkMbqN

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Next: the death of the Antichrist, whose soul is immediately taken by the devil.

MS. Douce 134, fol. 36r: https://t.co/A9leT2dQkg

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Having infiltrated Jerusalem, the Antichrist presides over scenes of torture. Content warning: graphic violence. https://t.co/d63Vw2olkA [MS. Douce 134, fol. 30r]

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