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CHLIEB AKO SPÁSONOSNÉ ZÁVAŽIE. K STREDOVEKEJ IKONOGRAFII VÁŽENIA DUŠÍ

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Cipovová M., Megyeši P.
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2016
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vol. 49
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issue 2
164 – 171
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Among the eschatological subjects in the Middle Ages were The Weighing of Souls, which represents belief in a fair judgment, immortality of soul, eternal life, and the possibility to influence the life after death with good deeds. In medieval pictures, this idea is represented by a figure of St. Michael Archangel, who evaluates the deeds of the deceased using a steelyard balance. The paper brings the identification of the specific iconographic type. The authors put the surprising weigh in the form of a loaf of bread, which outweighs the stones, millstones as well as demons´ efforts to turn the results of weight to their advantage, in connection with the story about a rich tax-collector Peter, who angrily threw a loaf of bread at the beggar asking for alms.
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