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This pretty scene of castles and horses is in fact a depiction of the coming of the Antichrist, from the 15th-century apocalyptic
"Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur". Today we'll be touring all 15 signs of the Antichrist in this manuscript, MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/3854… MS. Douce 134, fol. 64: horse paradeMS. Douce 134, fol. 6r: detail
Signs 1 and 2 of the coming of the Antichrist: the sea rises to the mountaintops and then descends out of sight.

MS. Douce 134, ff. 41v-42r digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/9175… #FolkloreThursday MS. Douce 134, fol. 41v: rising seaMS. Douce 134, fol. 41v: rising seaMS. Douce 134, fol. 42r: descending seaMS. Douce 134, fol. 42r: descending sea
The third sign of the coming of the Antichrist: the gathering together of the fish and sea monsters. (It appears that the sea has risen again since the second sign.)

MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/fc85… #FolkloreThursday MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v: fish and sea monstersMS. Douce 134, fol. 42v: fish and sea monsters
The fourth sign of the Apocalypse (and the last sea-related one): the waters burn. #FolkloreThursday

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d220… MS. Douce 134, fol. 43r: burning watersMS. Douce 134, fol. 43r: burning watersMS. Douce 134, fol. 43r: burning waters
The fifth sign: the trees and plants sweat blood, to the consternation of the animals. #FolkloreThursday #unicorn

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/43bc… MS. Douce 134, fol. 43v: animals and blood-sweating plantsMS. Douce 134, fol. 43v: animals
The sixth sign: buildings and towns fall to the ground. #FolkloreThursday

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/fb08… MS. Douce 134, fol. 44r: falling townsMS. Douce 134, fol. 44r: falling townsMS. Douce 134, fol. 44r: falling towns
The seventh sign of the apocalypse: stones fight with each other. (We don't think the artist tried as hard as they could have on this one.) #FolkloreThursday

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d5c9… MS. Douce 134, fol. 44v: stonesMS. Douce 134, fol. 44v: stones (detail)
The eighth sign: earthquakes. Here, the person in the foreground appears to be clinging to the border of the miniature. #FolkloreThursday

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/af6f… MS. Douce 134, fol. 45r: earthquakesMS. Douce 134, fol. 45r: man clinging to tree
Things are getting tricky for our miniaturist, although we admire their commitment to portraying a wide range of tree phenotypes. The ninth sign of the apocalypse: the earth is made flat. #FolkloreThursday

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d04f… MS. Douce 134, fol. 45v: flattened earthMS. Douce 134, fol. 45v: trees
The tenth sign: people emerge speechless from their hiding places. #FolkloreThursday

According to millenarian tradition, all 15 signs happened within the last two weeks before Doomsday: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_S…

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/b590… MS. Douce 134, fol. 46r: people emerging from hidingMS. Douce 134, fol. 46r: people emerging from hidingMS. Douce 134, fol. 46r: people emerging from hiding
The 11th sign of the apocalypse: the dead rise from their tombs. #FolkloreThursday #heyguys

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/281f… MS. Douce 134, fol. 46v: dead rise from tombsMS. Douce 134, fol. 46v: skeleton in tomb
The 12th sign of the apocalypse: the stars fall from the sky. Much of the gold has flaked off the page. #FolkloreThursday

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/67a4… MS. Douce 134, fol. 47r: stars fallingMS. Douce 134, fol. 47r: stars fallingMS. Douce 134, fol. 47r: stars falling
The 13th sign: the living die so that they can rise again with the dead. (This seems badly-timed, given that the dead rose already in the 11th sign.) #FolkloreThursday

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d539… MS. Douce 134, fol. 47v: living dieMS. Douce 134, fol. 47v: living die
The 14th sign of the apocalypse: earth and sky are consumed by fire. #FolkloreThursday

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/b4b3… MS. Douce 134, fol. 48r: fireMS. Douce 134, fol. 48r: fire in the sky
Finally, the fifteenth and final sign of the apocalypse: the sun and moon, over an empty earth, await the coming of Christ. #FolkloreThursday

MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/4d64… MS. Douce 134, fol. 49v: sun and moonMS. Douce 134, fol. 49v: sun and moonMS. Douce 134, fol. 49v: moon
Our catalogue record for MS. Douce 134 distinguishes between "some fine" miniatures and "many good" ones. It doesn't say which is which, but for our money:
Fine: signs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12
Good: 4, 7, 9, 10, 11
Join us next time, when we explore MS. Douce 134's depictions of the Antichrist, judgment, hell, paradise, and windmills. #FolkloreThursday digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/c37d… MS. Douce 134, fol. 4r
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This beautifully-decorated 14th century psalter, now held by @ExeterCollegeOx, was owned by both Elizabeth of York and Katherine of Aragon, Tudor queens-consort of England: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/4000… Handwritten inscription inside a medieval psalter, partially faded, with ownership notes of Elizabeth of York and Katherine of Aragon.Illuminated calendar page from a medieval psalter.Illuminated page from a medieval psalter.Detail of an illuminated page from a medieval psalter.
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