Last judgment: Christus pantocrator above the blessed [(Quatuor Evangeliae: Johannes)]

Unknown (Irish)

Item type:

manuscript, codex, scroll

Date of creation:

ca. 750

Height:

29.5 cm  (11 5/8 in.)

Width:

22.5 cm  (8 7/8 in.)

full page dimensions

Technique / Medium:

pencil and opaque colour on parchment

Place of creation:

Ireland

Description

Christus pantocrator above the blessed. To His left and right are angels with beautifully decorated straight trumpets.

People as subjects

Jesus Christ

Iconclass

11U(+3)
Last Judgement (+ angel(s))
11G21
angels singing, making music

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556] (two straight trumpets, decorated)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Scherrer, Gustav. Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen (Halle: Georg Olms, 1875) 22-23.

Ganz, Paul. Geschichte der Kunst in der Schweiz (Basel: Schwabe, 1960) 41, 53, fig. 36.

Notes

Research Project Hochschule Luzern-Musik, Switzerland (Antonio Baldassarre, Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser, Dorothea Baumann)

RIdIM record id

4289