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ID: 901002108
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002108
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Saint Michael weighing souls (Christian iconography)

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Names:
Saint Michael weighing souls (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
............Legend of Saint Michael the Archangel (Abrahamic religions iconography) (I)
................Saint Michael weighing souls (Christian iconography) (P)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Michael, Archangel
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Michael, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character)) [901001176]
associated with .... Last Judgment
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, New Testament narratives, Last Judgment (New Testament narrative)) [901001027]

Other Relationships:
topic is .... souls
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... divine judgment
.....(religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Saint Michael weighing souls (Christian iconography)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11U11 representation of Last Judgement, with the archangel Michael weighing the souls (or dividing the blessed and the damned)

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