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Description: “Allegory of The Transience of Life” artwork by Master I. A. M. of Zwolle, about 1490. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used for creating art print, …

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Description: “Memorare Novissimatva” medieval woodcut bookplate depicting symbols of death. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used for creating art print, poster and other wall art or decor. …

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Description: Famous Mother Shipton portrait. Ursula Southeil, popularly known as Mother Shipton was an medieval English soothsayer, prophetess, and fortune teller. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used for …

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Description: Title page from medieval pamphlet about the first woman to be hanged as a witch in England. Her name was Mother Agnes Waterhouse, who was tried and found guilty …

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Description: Medieval woodcut depicting a witch holding a magic plant, 1600s. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used for creating art print, poster and other wall art or …

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Description: German woodcut from the 16th century depicting the exorcism scene. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used for creating art print, poster and other wall art or …

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Description: Medieval illustration of Plague Doctor. A plague doctor was a medical physician who treated victims of the bubonic plague. His bird-like costume and mask protect him from contagion. Medieval …

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Description: Medieval woodcut from Compendium Maleficarum book illustrates Pact with Devil at the Witches’ Sabbath. Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter’s manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria Guazzo, and published …

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Description: Medieval woodcut depicting a man riding the cat during witch sabbath. Illustration from works of Ulrich Molitor. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used for creating art …

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Description: Sawing execution illustration. Medieval punishment for witches and heretics. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used for creating art print, poster and other wall art or decor. …

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Description: Medieval illustration depicting Witch dunking (ordeal by water) is a form of punishment and one of the inquisition procedures used by the witch hunters. Woodcut from the 1600s. PRINTABLE …

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Description: Illustration depicting Matthew Hopkins Witch Finder General with two supposed witches calling out the names of their demons. Original engraving created in 1792 and it was based on the …

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Description: Medieval woodcut from “Compendium Maleficarum” book illustrates ritual of Sacrifice to the Devil at the Witches’ Sabbath. Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter’s manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria …

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Description: Medieval illustration depicting various methods of Witch tests, tortures, and executions. Woodcut from the 1500s. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used for creating art print, poster …

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Description: Papist indulgence peddlers in the jaws of the Devil. Reformation-time satiric engraving from the 1500s, Germany. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used for creating art print, …

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