Cerberus? Eureka?
https://imgur.com/l3M8zqy
Pen
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12A marvellous collection of paintings, woodcuts and engravings depicting the (quite literal) Mouth/Jaws of Hell:
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2008_ ... chive.html
Pen
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2008_ ... chive.html
Pen
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13Whow, that's impressive ... it's a pity, that he don't give much about his sources.Pen wrote:A marvellous collection of paintings, woodcuts and engravings depicting the (quite literal) Mouth/Jaws of Hell:
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2008_ ... chive.html
Pen
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14Incredible, once I thought I saw his face, but I thought ¨I was seeing ghosts¨... Brilliant pictures Pen!
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15One interesting Leviatan (1)
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Gossuin de Metz. (s. XIII).
(1). (This is a monster in the Door of the Heaven).
(1). (This is a monster in the Door of the Heaven).
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17In the Middle Age, the Leviatan became a common metaphor to refer to Hell.
Another example:
Conques (France, s. XI)
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Another example:
Conques (France, s. XI)
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18The Leviathan is related to the Dances of Death. Death is Hell which eat sinners.
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(Dance of Death Woman, 1491)
that is to say... This:
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Revelationes sanctae Birgittae. Edición de A. Koberger. Nürnberg, 1500.
Its the same idea of this:
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Brueghel
that is to say... This:
Its the same idea of this:
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19The Tower and the Leviatan (lol, how scary 
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The Hours of Catherine of Cleves
Created in Utrecht, The Netherlands, around 1440
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)The Hours of Catherine of Cleves
Created in Utrecht, The Netherlands, around 1440