The Libyan Sibyl is one of the five prophets painted by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Each of them holds a book or a scroll, reference to both Sibylline books of antiquity, to Oracles cryptic built from the second century, often confused with the former, and the book opens in Chapter 20 of the Apocalypse:
" καὶ βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν καὶ ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνοίχθη ὅ ἐστιν τῆς ζωῆς, καὶ ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροὶ ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν - books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works, from what was written in the books. ( Apocalypse 20:12, trans. NIV).
Renaissance italian Sibyls following a tradition that combines elements of Greek and Latin, Hebrew and Christian and was often associated with the theme of the Annunciation - you can see an example in the part ( Sacra rappresentazione ) Feo Belcari, rappresentazione di Nostra Donna dell'Annunciazione dedicated to Pierre 1er de Medici said The Gouty , represented in 1471 and can be read here , but in English . In this tradition it is the Libyan Sibyl who utters the famous prophecy: "A day will come (1) where darkness be dispelled ... "
For tyrants also, their day will come - for some it is even close enough.
(1) Incidentally, the words" one day come "in the mouth of a Sibyl should evoke something for readers of Julio Cortazar.
(1) Incidentally, the words" one day come "in the mouth of a Sibyl should evoke something for readers of Julio Cortazar.
Fans Sixtine can take a look at Kerdonis - it's beautiful. And, for a comment, at Jacques Darriulat , always informative.
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