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1. The fight of the City of Satan (Babylon) against the City of God
(Syon). From Aurelius Augustinaus' De Trinitate. De Civitate Dei,
printed by Johann Amerbach, Basle, 1489.
2. The demon Belial appearing with his entourage of four lesser demons
before King Solomon. From Jacobus de Teramo's Das Buch Belial, printed
at Augsburg, 1473.
3. Belial presenting his credentials to Solomon. From Das Buch Belial.
4. Belial dancing before Solomon. From Das Buch Belial.
5. Belial returning to the gates of Hell. From Das Buch Belial.
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6. Angels defending the Citadel of Heaven against the hordes of the
Devil. From Celifodina's Scripturae Thesaurus, printed by B. M.
Lantzberg, Leipzig, 1510.
7. Death and the lady. From Der Doten Dantz (Dance of the Dead),
printed by Heinrich Knoblochzer, Heidelberg, 1490.
8. Demon causing women to gossip during Mass. From Geoffrey de Latour Landry's
Ritter vom Turn, printed by Michael Furter, Basle, 1493.
9. Demons keeping score on the babbling of women during Mass. From Ritter
von Turn.
10. Demon carrying off a child promised to the Devil. From Ritter von
Turn.
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11. The demon of Vanity and the coquette. From Ritter von Turn.
12. Demonic grotesque initial T. French, 12th century. Drawing after a
calligraphic manuscript.
13. A harpy. Unidentified source.
14. A serpent-like monster. Unidentified source.
15. An evil spirit as a black bird whispering into the ear of a magician.
From Hortus Delicarum, 11th century. Drawing after a manuscript
illustration.
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16. A monster. Unidentified source.
17. A monster. Unidentified source.
18. A female demon. Unidentified source.
19. A demon. Unidentified source.
20. The Pope as Satan. Unidentified source.
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21. A Herill or Schweynwal, a boar-like whale sighted north of the
Orkneys in 1537 according to Olaus Magnus. From Konrad Gesner's Nomenclator
Aquatilium Animantium, published by Christoph Froschoverus, Zurich,
1560.
22. Mors, the Angel of Death. Anglo-Saxon, 10th century. Drawing after
a minature in a manuscript.
23. Orchestra of the dead. Woodcut by Michael Wolmegut, from Hartmann Schedel's
Liber Chrnicarum, printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493.
24. Christ breaking down the gates of Purgatory. French, 13th century.
Drawing after a miniature in a manuscript.
25. Satan. Unidentified source.
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26. Possessed woman, praying, is redeemed from the Demons of the
Seven deadly Sins. English, 13th century. Drawing after a miniature in
a manuscript Bible.
27. A monster. Unidentified source.
28. Sea-Pan, or sea-satyr, or sea-devil, or ichthyocentaur; drawing based
on a skeleton and mummies. From Konrad Gesner's Medici Tigurini Historiae
Animalium Liber IV, 1604.
29. Demonic grotesque initial T. Rouleau mortuaire de Saint Vital,
12th century. Drawing after a calligraphic manuscript.
30. Condemned souls of sinners are carried by demons to their place of
punishment. Milan, 14th century. Drawing after a miniature in a manuscript.
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