Dies irae
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"Dies irae" is a Latin sequence attributed to either Thomas of Celano of the Franciscans or to Latino Malabranca Orsini, lector at the Dominican studium at Santa Sabina, the forerunner of the Pontific
Centre panel from Memling's triptych Last Judgment (c. 1467–1471)
Tiburtine Sibyl
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The Tiburtine Sibyl, also called Albunea, was a Roman sibyl, whose seat was the ancient town of Tibur.
Dies irae
…blending, Heaven and earth in ashes ending! The day of wrath, that day, will dissolve the world in ashes: (this is) the testimony of David along with the Sibyl. II Quantus tremor est futurus, Quando iudex est venturus, Cuncta stricte discussurus! Oh, what fear man's bosom rendeth, When from heaven the Judge…
Rogier van der Weyden, wing of the Bladelin Altarpiece, c. 1450
The Tiburtine Sibyl meets Augustus, Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt.
The opening lines of Proffwydoliaeth Sibli Ddoeth. Tiburtine Sibyl was adapted in Welsh in the 13th century and preserved within Llyfr Coch Hergest at Jesus College, Oxford MS 111 (1385-1420)
Fresco in the Church of St. John the Evangelist at Tivoli, 1483