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This is the moment in Christian eschatology when Christ judges souls to send them to either Heaven or Hell. [1] "Doom painting" typically refers to large-scale depictions of the Last Judgement on the western wall of churches, visible to congregants as they left, rather than to representations in other locations or media.
The Hereford Mappa Mundi (Latin: mappa mundi) is the largest medieval map still known to exist, depicting the known world. It is a religious rather than literal depiction, featuring heaven, hell and the path to salvation. Dating from ca. AD 1300, the map is drawn in a form deriving from the T and O pattern.
The depiction of heaven and the sky is a recurring decorative feature that can be found in several Christian churches, chapels, and cathedrals. [5] These illustrations of heaven and the sky frequently feature the decorative motifs of stars. [4] This recurring motif is associated with several different artistic and architectural movements.
Although depictions of Muhammad are often forbidden, the few that exist often include images of angels. Specifically, the Archangel Gabriel is frequently shown alongside Muhammad. [29] For example, in The Timurid Book of the Prophet Muhammad’s Ascension, the Archangel Gabriel appears to Muhammad in Mecca to announce his ascension. [24]
A medieval tapestry, depicting the devil as a dragon with 7 heads in the Book of Revelation. The Book of Revelation describes a battle in heaven (Revelation 12:7–10) [ 83 ] between a dragon/serpent "called the devil, or Satan" and the archangel Michael resulting in the dragon's fall.
[2] [3] The concept was adopted into the subsequent Classical and Medieval models of heavenly spheres, but was dropped with advances in astronomy in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today it is known as a synonym for sky or heaven.
[3] Nuremberg, Saint Lawrence parish church: Western portal, 1340s. Medieval theatre often had a hellmouth prop or mechanical device which was used to attempt to scare the audience by vividly dramatizing an entrance to Hell. These seem often to have featured a battlemented castle entrance, in painting usually associated with Heaven. [4]
It may have been part of the inspiration for Dante's journey into hell, purgatory and heaven. In the story, Tondal is a wealthy Irish knight who passes out at a feast and goes into a deep dream-journey through Hell, Heaven and Purgatory (never so named – the doctrine was still in development), guided by an angel. The experience turns Tondal ...