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The final moments of a dying man giving himself to Christ
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The final moments of a dying man giving himself to Christ
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The man is ready to leave his family and possessions (the people and animals represent what he is leaving behind) to follow Christ: an angel indicates the Virgin beside the crucified Christ; another angel hides a couple with a sheet from the man in the bed, - The man is dead, his eyes closed and mouth open; five angels receive his soul (small child); a multitude of saints and the Virgin Mary ands St John stand on ether side of the crucified Christ; nine devils gesticulate desperately on the opposite side of the bed, the first one reaching up for the man's soul - A blindfolded Fortuna turns Wheel of Life on which there are six people and a skeleton representing the six ages of man, an angel at the bottom holds onto the feet of infants and the skeleton

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Keywords: apocalypsis; Medieval; Middle Ages
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  • Library reference: WMS 49
  • Photo number: L0029295
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