Book Title: Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde / représentées en 243. figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard, avec des explications historiques, & curieuses par M. l'abbé Banier, & par M. l'Abb'e le Mascrier.

Author: Banier, M. l'abbé (Antoine), 1673-1741

Image Title: Divine Judgment

Description: A historiated headpiece depicting an angel holding a dagger and a scale (representing judgment) while hovering above signs of destruction: the Ark of the Covenant is toppled, people are dead, fleeing or grieving and the city burns. The presence of God is indicated in by the single eye above the angel. The artist, Hubert François Gravelot (1699–1773), has placed his signature in the lower left and the engraver, Louis Gérard Scotin (1690–1760), has placed his signature in the lower right.

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