judicium Dei

(noun)

The trial of guilt by direct appeal to God, under the notion that He would defend the right by performing a miracle.

Related Terms

Examples of judicium Dei in the following topics:

  • Crime and Punishment

  • Passage 1.3

    • Aeneas rogat ut deī eī auxilium dent. 

  • The Sea-Serpent

    • Cépheus igitur óráculum deí Hammónis cónsuluit, atque á deó iússus est fíliam mónstró trádere.

  • Mantua

    • The subjects range from the Olympian banquets in the Sala di Psiche and stylized horses in the Sala dei Cavalli to the most unusual of all—giants and grotesques wreaking havoc, fury, and ruin around the walls of the Sala dei Giganti .
    • Giulio Romano, The Fall of the Giants in the "sala dei Giganti"

  • Contemporary Indian Art

    • As of 2012, there has been a resurgence of interest in the Bengal School of Art among scholars and connoisseurs, and the School continues to produce some of the best artists of modern India today, including Ganesh Pyne, Manishi Dey, Nirmal Dutta, Nilima Dutta, Jahar Dasgupta, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Sudip Roy, Devajyoti Ray, and Paresh Maiti.
    • Other well-known artists associated with the group—and who continue to be influential today—include Bal Chabda, Manishi Dey, Mukul Dey, V.

  • Italian Sculpture in the Baroque Period

    • They were typically designed to be placed in the middle of a large space; for example, elaborate fountains such as Bernini's "Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi" (Rome, 1651) or those in the Gardens of Versailles were a Baroque specialty.

  • Wiligelmo and Other Forms of Architecture

    • On Piazza Grande, the Porta Regia ("Royal Gate"), by the campionesi, and the shorter Porta dei Principi ("Princes' Gate"), are decorated by a pupil of Wiligelmus' with a relief depicting episodes of the life of Saint Geminianus.

  • Renaissance Architecture in Venice

    • In the Venato, the Renaissance ushered in a new era of architecture after a phase of Gothic art, with the creation of important works including the Ca' d'Oro and the churches of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari and of Saints John and Paul in Venice.

  • Italian Painting: 1200–1400

    • Artists were able to work in Florence at least in part due to the influential art guilds, including the painters' guild Arte dei Medici e Spezeiali.

  • The Witch Trials

    • The sentence for an individual found guilty of witchcraft or sorcery during this time, and in previous centuries, typically included either burning at the stake or being tested with the "ordeal of cold water" or judicium aquae frigidae.