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llustrations showing kings wearing gold crowns, represented by Uricus - a red-crowned and winged serpent - as King of the East; Paymon - a black cat-like animal with horns, long whiskers and tail - as King of the West; Maymon - a black bird - as King of the South; and Egyn - a black bear-like animal with a short tail - as King of the North. From Cyprianus, 18th century. Cyprianus is also known as the Black Book, and is the textbook of the Black School at Wittenburg, the book from which a witch or sorceror gets his spells. The Black School at Wittenburg was purportedly a place in Germany where one went to learn the black arts. Archives & Manuscripts |
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Short title | L0036625 Kings of the East, West, South, North. Cyprianus, 18th |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0036625 Kings of the East, West, South, North. Cyprianus, 18th C |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0036625 Kings of the East, West, South, North. Cyprianus, 18th C
Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org llustrations showing kings wearing gold crowns, represented by Uricus - a red-crowned and winged serpent - as King of the East; Paymon - a black cat-like animal with horns, long whiskers and tail - as King of the West; Maymon - a black bird - as King of the South; and Egyn - a black bear-like animal with a short tail - as King of the North. From Cyprianus, 18th century. Cyprianus is also known as the Black Book, and is the textbook of the Black School at Wittenburg, the book from which a witch or sorceror gets his spells. The Black School at Wittenburg was purportedly a place in Germany where one went to learn the black arts. Pen and watercolour Cyprianus, M. L. Clavis Inferni sive magia alba et nigra approbata Metratona. Published: 18th century Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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