> 4. Michael is not to be an impassioned and "honest" weigher of souls on the
>Final Judgement, according to some texts. One family of antiphons distinctly
>asks Michael to save the souls in the Great Judgement, and some visionary texts
>claim that after the weighing and judging, Michael is to team up with Mary and
>some other saints to "snatch" some of the souls from the ranks of damned, and
>return them to the ranks of the saved. Aren't there some tympana that have
>Michael cheating during the weighing of souls by pushing up on the pans from
>below? or am I thinking of that old Rockwell painting of the sweet old lady and
>the kindly butcher cheating each the other over a chicken?
David,
Thanks for the good info on Michael. Usually it's the devil who tries to
cheat (by putting his finger on the scales, like on the tympanon at
Conques), but it would be interesting to look for some (counter-)cheating on
the part of Michael (or other angels).
Otfried
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