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" In the midst of this chapel there is a devil made of metal, placed in a seat also made of metal. The said devil has a crown made like that of the papal kingdom, with three crowns; and it also has four horns and four teeth, with a very large mouth, nose,... "
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Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian Art

Partha Mitter - 1992 - 380 pages
...metal. The said devil has a crown made like that of the papal kingdom, with three crowns; it has also four horns and four teeth with a very large mouth,...terrible eyes. The hands are made like those of a flesh- hook and the feet like those of a cock; so that he is a fearful object to behold. All the pictures...
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"The Heathen in His Blindness"--: Asia, the West, and the Dynamic of Religion

S. N. Balagangadhara - 1994 - 586 pages
...Devils carved in relief. In the midst of this chapel there is a Devil made of metal, placed in a set also made of metal. The said Devil has a crown made...pictures around the said chapel are those of Devils ... (Badger, Ed., nd: 37). Needless to say, such description cannot stand alone without an appropriately...
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The Itinerary of Ludovico Di Varthema of Bologna from 1502 to 1508 as ...

Lodovico de Varthema - 1997 - 218 pages
...each of the four sides, and three paces high, with a wooden door covered with devils carved in relief. In the midst of this chapel there is a devil made...are those of devils, and on each side of it there is a Sathanas [the goddess Kali] seated in a seat, which seat is placed in a flame of fire, wherein...
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Travel and Ethnology in the Renaissance: South India Through European Eyes ...

Joan-Pau Rubiés - 2002 - 476 pages
...four horns and four teeth, with a huge mouth, and with terrifying nose and eyes. The hands are like a flesh-hook and the feet like those of a cock, so that it is a fearsome sight. Around this chapel all the paintings are also of devils. For each painting...
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Old Worlds: Egypt, Southwest Asia, India, and Russia in Early Modern English ...

John Michael Archer - 2001 - 268 pages
...king: "The said devil has a crown made like that of the papal kingdom, with three crowns; it has also four horns and four teeth with a very large mouth,...of a flesh-hook and the feet like those of a cock." Deumo is flanked by two figures of "Sathanas," each devouring a damned soul (p. 137). The entire passage...
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Religion and Its Monsters

Timothy Kandler Beal - 2002 - 254 pages
...each of the four sides, and three paces high, with a wooden door covered with devils carved in relief. In the midst of this chapel there is a devil made...are those of devils, and on each side of it there is a Sathanas [Satan] seated in a seat, which seat is placed in a flame of fire, wherein are a great...
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Religion and Its Monsters

Timothy Kandler Beal - 2002 - 262 pages
...with devils carved in relief. 1n the midst of this chapel there is a devil made o1 metal, placed ma seat also made of metal. The said devil has a crown...most terrible eyes. The hands are made like those ot a fleshhook, and the feet like those of a cock; so that he is a fearful object to behold. All the...
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Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) und seine Zeit: Beiträge eines ...

Josef Wiesehöfer - 2002 - 468 pages
...metal. The said devil has a erown made like that of the papal kingdom, with three crowns; it has also four horns and four teeth with a very large mouth, nose, and most terrihle eyes. The hands are made like ihose of a flesh-hook and the feet like those of a cock; so...
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