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"Last Judgement"

At the top is Christ on the Cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist. Below is the Descent into Limbo (or the Harrowing of Hell), in which Christ sets free Adam, whose wrist he seizes, Eve and others, including King Solomon and King David.

At a lower level is Christ in Glory between the Virgin and St John the Baptist, with ranks of saints and apostles to either side. Beneath this we see the angels waking the dead with their trumpets.

The lowest register depicts a number of scenes: in the centre is the Virgin Orans with the Archangel Michael and the Devil weighing souls. To the left are the Blessed in Paradise. In a garden below is Abraham receiving the souls of the saved. He is accompanied by the Madonna, the Good Thief and Saint Peter. To the right are the damned amidst various gruesome scenes from Hell.