Hell


Wisdom of Salomon 4, 20

And when they cast up the accounts of their sins, they shall come with fear: and their own iniquities shall convince them to their face.

Wisdom of Salomon 5, 13 - 14

Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness. For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.





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Dante and Virgil with plague-stricken in Hell.
From Dante's Divina Commedia. Italian; 14th century.
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Dante and Virgil with plague-stricken in Hell. From Dante's Divina Commedia. It...

Christ's descent to hell, from the Verdun Altar.       
Enamel plaque in champleve technique on gilded         
copper (begun 1181)
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Christ's descent to hell, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in chample...

The Damned in Hell, from the Verdun Altar.             
Enamel plaque in champleve technique on                
gilded copper (begun 1181)
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The Damned in Hell, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in chample...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun 
and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book,  
Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- 
cies are from a faksimile.The Fall; Adam who has       
disobeyed God falls into the black abyss of hell.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun 
and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book,  
Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- 
cies are from a facsimile.Christ has chained the old   
serpent to the abyss.It cannot reach the righteous.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

Hell.Golden devils agitate bellows;tiny sinners are    
roasting in hellfire;some of them with the tonsure of  
monks;more damned drop into hell in the background.
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Hell.Golden devils agitate bellows;tiny sinners are roasting in hellfire;som...

Missal,1490,French,parchment,37,5 x 27,5 cm,451 pages. 
Christ Judge,Last Judgement,maw of hell,resurrection   
of the dead.fol.223
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Missal,1490,French,parchment,37,5 x 27,5 cm,451 pages. Christ Judge,Last Judgem...

The Great Satan from the Gates of Hell. Mosaic floor of
the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral
was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and      
consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor of 1166 is a     
compendium of early medieval knowledge and lore.       
See also 40-11-24/36-45


Apo 12: 9
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The Great Satan from the Gates of Hell. Mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otrant...

The Last Judgement: The devil dragging sinners from    
their tombs. From the Baptistery, Florence. Mosaics    
cover the entire cupola. They were begun in 1220 and   
completed a century later. The designs are by          
Florentine painters, among them Cimabue and Giotto.
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The Last Judgement: The devil dragging sinners from their tombs. From the Ba...

The Last Judgement: Satan swallows the damned.         
From the Baptistery, Florence. Mosaics cover the       
entire cupola. They were begun in 1220 and completed   
a century later. The designs are by Florentine         
artists, among them Cimabue and the young Giotto.
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The Last Judgement: Satan swallows the damned. From the Baptistery, Flo...

Anastasis: Christ standing on the broken gates         
of hell, he pulls Adam and Eve to salvation. The       
guardian of Hades lies bound and gagged at Christ's    
feet. Around 1315. King's Church, Kraljeva Crkva,      
(King's Church) Studenica Monastery.           Detail
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Anastasis: Christ standing on the broken gates of hell, he pulls Adam a...

Fresco of the Last Judgement, west wall, Voronet       
Church. In front of the blue background, typical of    
Voronet, the red stream of the fires of hell opens     
at Christ's feet. The righteous assemble in orderly    
rows in the left half.
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Fresco of the Last Judgement, west wall, Voronet Church. In front of the...