Afterlife, Folklore, Supernatural & Witchcraft Gallery

Masonic arms, after a painted panel in the possession of W.H.Y

KW278013 Masonic arms, after a painted panel in the possession of W.H.Y. Rylands, from The History of Freemasonry, volume II, published by Thomas C. Jack, London, 1883 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: winged composite creatures represent the four tribes of Israel; Holiness to the Lord; Ark of the Covenant;); English, out of copyright

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Ms 3469 Historiated initial E with a representation of Nature

BMR173705 Ms 3469 Historiated initial E with a representation of Nature, from the Physics by Aristotle (384-322 BC) (pen, ink & tempera on vellum) by French School, (14th century); Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris, France; (add.info.: a treatise on logic regarding concepts of change and movement; Earliest late medieval personification of nature.); A© Bibliotheque Mazarine ; A© Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright

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The Last Judgement, 1473 (central panel) (oil on panel)

996587 The Last Judgement, 1473 (central panel) (oil on panel) by Memling, Hans (c.1433-94); Muzeum Narodowe, Gdansk, Poland; (add.info.: triptych commissioned by Angelo di Jacopo Tani, an agent of the Medici at Bruges, but was captured at sea by Paul Beneke, a privateer from Danzig ; The central panel shows Jesus sitting in judgment on the world, while St Michael the Archangel is weighing souls and driving the damned towards Hell. (The sinner in St. Michael's right-hand scale pan is a donor portrait of Tommaso Portinari.)); A© National Museum in Gdansk ; Netherlandish, out of copyright

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