| The Pendle Witches: Gallery
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| Woodcuts from the 17th century
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Sorcerer exchanging the Gospels for a book of black magic.
From R. P. Gauccius' Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1626. |
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Satan applying his claw mark to an apprentice sorcerer.
From R. P. Gauccius' Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1626. |
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Witch giving the ritual kiss to Satan. From R. P. Gauccius'
Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1626. |
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Satan rebaptizing young sorcerers. From R. P. Gauccius'
Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1626. |
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| Woodcuts from the 16th century
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Witch brewing up a storm. From Olaus Magnus' Historia de
gentibus Septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555. |
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Witch conjuring up demons. From Olaus Magnus' Historia
de gentibus Septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555. |
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Broadside newsletter about the public burning of three
witches at Derneburg (Harz), October 1555. |
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Witch milking tha hansle of an axe. Dr. Jahannes Geiler
von Keisersperg, Die Emeis, Strasbourg, 1517. |