Lucifer


Isaiah 14, 11 - 15

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.





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A monk catches the Devil - De Exorcismus.
From "De Universo" by Rabano Mauro (780/784-856, Carolingian theologian).
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A monk catches the Devil - De Exorcismus. From "De Universo" by Rabano Mauro (7...

Chensumose, 3 demons with knives, tethered donkey.     
Book of the dead by Chensumose, a priest of Amun-Re.   
Papyrus. 21st Dynasty (1080-960 BCE), 3rd Intermediate 
Period, Egypt.
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Chensumose, 3 demons with knives, tethered donkey. Book of the dead by Chen...

Humbaba,demon genie and guardian of the cedar forests  
of the Lebanon-range. Period of the Amorite dynasties. 
In the Gilgamesh-epic,Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu come
cut off the demon's head. 20th-16th BCE                
Terracotta, H: 6,9 cm       Inv. 65662
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Humbaba,demon genie and guardian of the cedar forests of the Lebanon-range. P...

South-east corner of the wall around                   
the Temple Mount of Jerusalem.                         
Jesus was tempted here by the devil.
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South-east corner of the wall around the Temple Mount of Jeru...

Christ in limbo, from a reliquary.                     
Gilded and enamelled plaque
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Christ in limbo, from a reliquary. Gilded and enamelled pla...

Christ in limbo, from a reliquary.                     
Close-up of 15-01-01/21                                
Gilded and enamelled plaque
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Christ in limbo, from a reliquary. Close-up of 15-01-01/21...

Christ's descent to hell, from the Verdun Altar.       
Enamel plaque in champleve technique on gilded         
copper (begun 1181)
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Christ's descent to hell, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in chample...

Head of Christ. Detail of the Healing                  
of a person possessed by an evil spirit,               
from Milan, Italy.                                     
Carved ivory tablet (around 970 CE)
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Head of Christ. Detail of the Healing of a person possessed by...

The exorcism of Gadara: Christ heals a man possessed;   
the demons flee into pigs who drown themselves in      
Lake Tiberias. From Milan,Italy.                       
Carved ivory tablet (ca. 970)
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The exorcism of Gadara: Christ heals a man possessed; the demons flee into p...

Job tortured by the devil (Job 2).                     
From the choir of Saint Thomas church,                 
Strasbourg.                                            
Around 1270                                            
Height 52.5 cm
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Job tortured by the devil (Job 2). From the choir of Saint...

Apocalypse of Saint Jean de Lorvao.The White Knight    
on a white horse leaves for battle against Satan.  


Apo 6: 1 - 2
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Apocalypse of Saint Jean de Lorvao.The White Knight on a white horse leaves...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun 
and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book,  
Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- 
cies are from a facsimile.Christ has chained the old   
serpent to the abyss.It cannot reach the righteous.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...