Matthew's Description Of The Holy Women At The Tomb

Starting from the top of the ivory panel, there are two soldiers holding their spears and falling to the ground in front of a round shaped building and a fruit tree. The soldier on the right, his cloak or cape is in the air and he is bending down towards the ground, which suggests he is falling. In Matthew’s description of the Holy Women at the Tomb, an earth quick occurs and an angel appears from the heaven after the two women come near the tomb. According to Matthew, when the angel appears, “for fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men”, and this exactly shown in the panel.
At the bottom of the Milan, there are three figures in front of a half way open double door or a tomb. The gentleman is sitting on a stone, his right hand is on the air pointing towards the woman, a nimbus is around his head, and a scroll is in his left hand. One woman is bowing and touching the man’s right foot with her hand. The second woman is almost bending towards the man sitting on the stone, and reaching for his hands. In Matthew’s account, the angel comes from the heaven and sits on the stone, “…an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the …show more content…
There three women in front of this man. One of them has her right hand on her mouth, the middle one has her left hand under her chin, and the last one has her left hand halfway raised and her mouth appears to be open. According to Mark, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome has gone to the tomb on first day of the week. “They entered the tomb, they saw a young man dresses in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed”. The Munich artist has portrayed this scene very well. One can clearly perceive the women in the Munich panel being in state of shock by looking at their hand