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Illustration of Lucifer, taken from a French manuscript of the fifteenth century
The devil in the centre of the picture and those round the sides combine elements of the human form with those of pigs, cats, angels, dragons and carry hooks and instruments of torture, they are shown in different colours, with snarling faces and huge fangs, and are intended to instill terror and fear of hell and damnation into the beholders.
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Illustration of Lucifer, taken from a French manuscript of the fifteenth century

The devil in the centre of the picture and those round the sides combine elements of the human form with those of pigs, cats, angels, dragons and carry hooks and instruments of torture, they are shown in different colours, with snarling faces and huge fangs, and are intended to instill terror and fear of hell and damnation into the beholders.

Source: english.cam.ac.uk

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