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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 #FolkloreThursday
Next: the death of the Antichrist, whose soul is immediately taken by the devil.
MS. Douce 134, fol. 36r: https://t.co/A9leT2dQkg #FolkloreThursday
Having infiltrated Jerusalem, the Antichrist presides over scenes of torture. Content warning: graphic violence. https://t.co/d63Vw2olkA [MS. Douce 134, fol. 30r] #FolkloreThursday
You might remember this miniature from last week's thread: https://t.co/lZ1XasTw3d. It's the Antichrist riding into Jerusalem, dressed as the Pope. Notice the banners, the windvane, and the expression of the horse behind the Antichrist. https://t.co/8wVDvKAZAL #FolkloreThursday
Join us next time, when we explore MS. Douce 134's depictions of the Antichrist, judgment, hell, paradise, and windmills. #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/jKiNzVsfkr
Want to see how medieval illuminators worked? MS. Douce 180 contains miniatures in various stages of completion: drawing, applying gold leaf, painting figures, and painting backgrounds. https://t.co/nkYB9vLHU1
Besides its decorative initial-word panels, this 1472 copy of texts from the Hebrew bible has marginal commentaries in elegant carmina figurata. We digitizied it as part of our #PolonskyProject: https://t.co/2Cs1t9w8K3 #HebrewMSS
This #EarlyPrintedBook is a vernacular Italian translation of Guy de Chauliac's Chirurgia Magna, a medieval guide to surgery. It was annotated by an early reader, especially the bits on anatomy and treating abcesses and pustules. #Ew #MarginaliaMonday https://t.co/f3MBPcicoo
@lievesofgrass @bodleianlibs We suspect that DeepMind might misclassify this onager. https://t.co/dn26dDZkC7
#NationalUnicornDay, eh? Here are two of our favourites, from the Oracula of Leo the Wise: https://t.co/JBdLpNkLVk https://t.co/fELJ1N7m1E #PolonskyProject