Images of the Devil in the Medieval/early-modern period

Guillaume de Deguileville (translator), ‘Devil holding a hook encircling naked people with a rope.’ from The Pilgrimage of the Soul Guillaume de Deguileville (translator), ‘Devil holding a hook encircling naked people with a rope.’ from The Pilgrimage of the Soul (East England, circa between 1413 and 1475), shelfmark: Egerton 615 f. 34. © British Library Board

Guillaume de Deguileville (translator), ‘Devils.’ from The Pilgrimage of the SoulGuillaume de Deguileville (translator), ‘Devils’ from The Pilgrimage of the Soul (East England, circa between 1413 and 1475), shelfmark: Egerton 615 f. 46v.
© British Library Board

‘ God holding a compass with angels and cherubins, and Lucifer with fallen angels and devils’ The Queen Mary Psalter ‘God holding a compass with angels and cherubins, and Lucifer with fallen angels and devils’ The Queen Mary Psalter (England, 1310-1320), shelfmark: Royal 2 B VII f.1v.
© British Library Board

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Wild animals and early-modern England

Drawing of a sheep in a pen, De caelo, De anima (England, 1487)

Pseudo-Aristotle, Drawing of a sheep in a pen
from De caelo, De anima (England, 1487),
shelfmark: Sloane 748 f.60v, © British Library Board.

 

Two archers drawing their bows and a man stabbing a lion, De caelo, De anima (England, 1487)

Pseudo-Aristotle, Two archers drawing their bows and a man stabbing a lion
from De caelo, De anima (England, 1487),
shelfmark: Sloane 748 f.25v, © British Library Board.

 

A pig playing bagpipes, a jester, a man blowing a flute or pipe, & hybrid creatures, De caelo, De anima (England, 1487)

Pseudo-Aristotle,  A pig playing bagpipes, a jester, a man blowing a flute or pipe, & hybrid creatures
from De caelo, De anima (England, 1487),
shelfmark: Sloane 748 f.82v, © British Library Board.

 

An elephant, a ram, stags, a hare, dogs, a bucket, & a man blowing a horn, De caelo, De anima (England, 1487)

Pseudo-Aristotle, An elephant, a ram, stags, a hare, dogs,
a bucket, & a man blowing a horn

from De caelo, De anima (England, 1487),
shelfmark: Sloane 748 f.131, © British Library Board.

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