![jothelibrarian:
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day shows the Judas kiss. This is the moment when Judas Iscariot betrays Christ by identifying him to the waiting Roman soldiers. The scene is described by Matthew:
[46] Rise, let us go: behold he is at hand that will betray me. [47] As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the people. [48] And he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he, hold him fast. [49] And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said: Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him. [50]And Jesus said to him: Friend, whereto art thou come? Then they came up, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him.
Matthew, Ch. 26, v.46-50 [Douai Rheims translation of the Vulgate]
I know I’m doing this all in the wrong order (as we looked at Christ on the road to Calvary yesterday), but I thought this lovely Romanesque illumination was too lovely not to share. It is from a Polish manuscript dating from the thirteenth century.
Image source: Wilanów Psalter. Image declared as public domain on Wikimedia Commons because its copyright has expired.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22vao6lAU1qd4ufdo1_500.jpg)
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day shows the Judas kiss. This is the moment when Judas Iscariot betrays Christ by identifying him to the waiting Roman soldiers. The scene is described by Matthew:
[46] Rise, let us go: behold he is at hand that will betray me. [47] As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the people. [48] And he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he, hold him fast. [49] And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said: Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him. [50]And Jesus said to him: Friend, whereto art thou come? Then they came up, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him.
Matthew, Ch. 26, v.46-50 [Douai Rheims translation of the Vulgate]
I know I’m doing this all in the wrong order (as we looked at Christ on the road to Calvary yesterday), but I thought this lovely Romanesque illumination was too lovely not to share. It is from a Polish manuscript dating from the thirteenth century.
Image source: Wilanów Psalter. Image declared as public domain on Wikimedia Commons because its copyright has expired.
