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To hell with you

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Detail from an altarpiece made in Sweden in the second half of the 15th century. It is dedicated to Saint Bridget of Sweden and depicts various scenes from her visions - this being the one about the sinners being forced by devils into Hell (note that no one is safe - the people may be naked, but their head-attire clearly indicates that not even bishops or kings were safe from the torments of Hell, had they sinned here on Earth).

 

From Törnevalla church, Östergötland, Sweden. Now in display at Historiska Museet, Stockholm.

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