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DOI Artikel:Dobrzeniecki, Tadeusz: Tentatio Christi
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10. Satan's head, detail of the central panel of the Jerusalem Triptych (cf. Fig. 1)
mendatur'.si The Satan has beastly claws that show from beneath his robe. In the Middle Ages,
he took on the shape of a he-goat, in accordance with Isaiah's vision of the destruction of Baby-
Ion (XIII, 1—22).36
In popular beliefs, ghosts — evil spirits live in ruins and deserted areas. They are represented
as shaggy goats or half-people and half-goats. This is what the Satan looks like in the 16th ccn-
tury Biblia Pauperum36 and in the xylographic series the Geistliche Asslegung des Lebcns Ihesu
33. Ciborium of King Arnulfof Kiirnten, c. 890, Reims School; Menologium, Munich, Schatzkammer. the other Łwfl Tcmpta-
tion scenes similarly placed; Schiller, op. cit.f Fi g. 392; Ars Sacra, Ausstellungs-katalog, Munich, 1950, No. 71, Fig.13;
H. Swarzenski, Monumenls of Romanesąue Art. The Art of Clmrch Treasures in Nortli-Weslern Europę, 2nd Edition, Chicago,
1974 (Reims e. 870).
34. Bernard of CIairvaux (?), Vitis mystica; Mignę, Potr. L':t., vol. CLXXX1V, nol. 668; G. Haupt, Die Farbensymbolik in
der sakralen Kunst des abendlandischen Miltelalicrs. Ein Beitrag zur mUtełalterlichen Form- und Geiśteśgeśćhichte, Diss.
Dresden, 194,1, p. 114
35. The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, XIII, 21 (XIII, 1: sentence upon Bahylon revealed in the Vision of Isaiah).
36. G. Schmidt. Die Armenbibcln des 14. Jahrhunderls, Graz-Kiiln, 1959, p. 155, PI. lla.
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mendatur'.si The Satan has beastly claws that show from beneath his robe. In the Middle Ages,
he took on the shape of a he-goat, in accordance with Isaiah's vision of the destruction of Baby-
Ion (XIII, 1—22).36
In popular beliefs, ghosts — evil spirits live in ruins and deserted areas. They are represented
as shaggy goats or half-people and half-goats. This is what the Satan looks like in the 16th ccn-
tury Biblia Pauperum36 and in the xylographic series the Geistliche Asslegung des Lebcns Ihesu
33. Ciborium of King Arnulfof Kiirnten, c. 890, Reims School; Menologium, Munich, Schatzkammer. the other Łwfl Tcmpta-
tion scenes similarly placed; Schiller, op. cit.f Fi g. 392; Ars Sacra, Ausstellungs-katalog, Munich, 1950, No. 71, Fig.13;
H. Swarzenski, Monumenls of Romanesąue Art. The Art of Clmrch Treasures in Nortli-Weslern Europę, 2nd Edition, Chicago,
1974 (Reims e. 870).
34. Bernard of CIairvaux (?), Vitis mystica; Mignę, Potr. L':t., vol. CLXXX1V, nol. 668; G. Haupt, Die Farbensymbolik in
der sakralen Kunst des abendlandischen Miltelalicrs. Ein Beitrag zur mUtełalterlichen Form- und Geiśteśgeśćhichte, Diss.
Dresden, 194,1, p. 114
35. The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, XIII, 21 (XIII, 1: sentence upon Bahylon revealed in the Vision of Isaiah).
36. G. Schmidt. Die Armenbibcln des 14. Jahrhunderls, Graz-Kiiln, 1959, p. 155, PI. lla.
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