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121. The souls of sinners delivered into the mouth of Hell. From
a xylographic blockbook, Opera, engraved and printed by Giovanni
Andrea Vavassore, Venice, 1510.
122. Papist idulgence peddlers in the jaws of Hell. From a satiric Reformation
handbill, Germany, late sixteenth century.
123. The devil of tobacco "drinking." From William Hornby's The
Scourge of Drunkennes, an anti-smoking pamphlet printed by G. Eld for
Thomas Baylie, London, 1618.
124. George Zingel, one of the Papist adversaries of the reformer Jacob
Lochner, depicted as an infernal monster. From Lochner's polemic treatise
Apologia contra poetarum acerrimum Hostem Georgium Zingel, printed
by Johann Gröninger, Strassburg, 1503.
125. Demonic anti-Papist caricature. From the title page of Opera Poetica
by the reformer Ulrich van Hutten, printed by Henri Petri, Basle, 1538.
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126. Satan applying his claw mark to an apprentice sorcerer. From
R. P. Gauccius' Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1626.
127. Witch giving the ritual kiss to Satan. From R. P. Gauccius' Compendium
Maleficarum, Milan, 1626.
128. Witch conjuring up demons. From Olaus Magnus' Historia de gentibus
Septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555.
129. Witch brewing up a storm. From Olaus Magnus' Historia de gentibus
Septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555.
130. Satan rebaptizing young sorcerers. From R. P. Gauccius' Compendium
Maleficarum, Milan, 1626.
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131. Sorcerer exchanging the Gospels for a book of black magic. From
R. P. Gauccius' Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1626.
132. Sorcerer selling a bag of wind (tied up in three knots of a rope).
From Olaus Magnus' Historia de gentibus Septentrionalibus, Rome,
1555.
133. Sorcerer riding the waves on a piece of flotsam. From Olaus Magnus'
Historia de gentibus Septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555.
134. Witch and warlock attending on Satan. From Pierre Boaistuau's Histoires
prodigieuses, Paris, 1597.
135. Lower demons carrying out minor chores for their human masters. From
Olaus Magnus' Historia de gentibus Septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555.
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136. Minor devils, demons, satyrs, and hobgoblins. From Olaus Magnus'
Historia de gentibus Septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555.
137. The triumph of Death. From Geoffrey Tory's Horae in taudem beatissime
virginis Marie, printed by Simon du Bois, Paris, 1527.
138. The Papal hierarchy as mash in the Devil's vineyard. From a German
anti-Papist broadside, late sixteenth century.
139. Borderpiece from A Book of Christian Prayers, printed by Richard
Yardly and Peter Short for Richard Day, London, 1590.
140. Borderpiece from A Book of Christian Prayers, printed by Richard
Yardly and Peter Short for Richard Day, London, 1590.
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141. Borderpiece from A Book of Christian Prayers, printed
by Richard Yardly and Peter Short for Richard Day, London, 1590.
142. Borderpiece from A Book of Christian Prayers, printed by Richard
Yardly and Peter Short for Richard Day, London, 1590.
143. Death and the hunting party, an allegoric representation of the might
of Death. Engraving by Master H. W. (Wolf Hammer), Austria, 1482.
144. Three revelers meet three corpses who warn them to repent. From Horae,
printed by Wynckyn de Worde, Westminster, 1494.
145. "The Daunce of Machabree," from John Lydgate's The Fall
of Princes, printed by Richard Tottel, London, 1554.
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146. The Tree of Death (burial tree on the Island of Caffotos). From
Sir John Maundeville's Travels, printed by Wynckyn de Worde, London,
1499.
147. The Angel of Death, taking the soul, in the form of a child, from
a dying man. From Reiter's Mortilogus, printed by Oegelin and Nadler,
Augsburg, 1508.
148. Weighing of souls by the Archangel Michael. Xylographic page from
Ars Moriendi, printed by Johann Weissenburger, Landshut, 1514.
149. Men broken on the wheel, from L'Art de bien Vivre et de bien Mourir,
Paris 1492.
150. The altar of the Virgin of Alt-Oetting, with offerings in the shape
of human figures and limbs for which healing was sought. From J. Issickemer,
Buchlein der Zuflucht der Maria, Nuremberg 1497.
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