The Conques Last Judgment Tympanum: Detail, the middle register right of the mandorla

The angel above left holds open a book with SIGNATUR ("it is sealed") on the left-hand page. On the right-hand page the letters appear to spell something like LIBERATE (same meaning in English) or possibly two words LIBER ("book") and something with TE.

Below the book another angel holds a thurible, standing in what might be a stylized sea suggestive of the "sea of glass" before the throne in Revelation 4:6. Like the angel directly above him, he faces toward the procession of saints and welcomes them to Heaven.

On the other hand, the two on the right face toward the damned and wield force to keep them away. The angel above carries a flaming sword and a shield with the inscription EXIBUNT ANGELI ET SEPARAB, the beginning of a phrase in Matthew 13:49, exibunt angeli et separabunt malos de medio iustorum ("The angels shall go out, and they shall separate the wicked from among the just"). The one below carries a lance with a battle standard. Despite their warlike task, they have the same placid mien as the other angels.

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