italianartsociety:By Anne Leader2 November is the Feast of All Souls, when all who have died are com
italianartsociety:By Anne Leader2 November is the Feast of All Souls, when all who have died are commemorated. Clergy recite the Office of the Dead and perform Requiem Masses to honor and pray for the deceased, easing their time in Purgatory as they await the Final Judgment.In Italy, the Feast of All Souls follows Ognissanti, the day when all saints are celebratedPersonification of Death introducing the Office of the Dead, from an Italian Book of Hours, c. 1470-1480, Hart 20966, f. 106v, Blackburn MuseumZanobi Strozzi, Office of the Dead, from Adimari Book of Hours, 1448. Baltimore: Walters Art GalleryLorenzo Monaco, Initial C with the Last Judgment, ca. 1406–7. From an antiphonary created for the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence. Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.2485) -- source link