{"id":75003,"date":"2024-11-12T06:52:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T05:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/dark-angelica\/the-devil\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:01:15","slug":"the-devil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/dark-angelica\/the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Showcase 3<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><strong>THE DEVIL<\/strong>. The third showcase aims to show different representations of devils in time and space. Despite the obvious abrasion, it is possible to admire the appearance of Lucifer in <em>Manuscript 1102<\/em> (copy of the original) written in the fourteenth century. The same dark, hairy and colossal body, surmounted by two large bat wings, was portrayed by the French painter Gustave Dor\u00e9 in his illustrated version of  Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia; this depiction and the previous one are related to Inferno\u2019s XXXIV canto, when Dante and Virgil finally meet the majestic figure of Satan stuck in the frozen lake of Cocytus. Last but not least, the Bibliotheca diabolica displays twelve pictures of the devil in black and white, according to different concepts and interpretations throughout countries and centuries.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/il-diavolo.webp\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/il-diavolo.webp\" alt=\"\" title=\"il-diavolo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/il-diavolo.webp 2048w, https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/il-diavolo-1280x864.webp 1280w, https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/il-diavolo-980x662.webp 980w, https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/il-diavolo-480x324.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2048px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-74917\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong><em>Bibliotheca diabolica : being a choice selection of the most valuable books relating to the devil ...<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadway, 1874<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0RARI I.6.11<\/p>\n<p><span>Omnipresent in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries - a time of religious reform, warfare, and religious persecution - the devil haunted the minds of Christians in those two centuries as never before or since. Satan could raise storms, create illusions, and assume physical forms of both animals and humans. He was also the power behind legions of his human agents such as witches, warlords, and wizards. Surprisingly, there are few bibliographies of books about the devil. With nearly 400 books on the subject arranged chronologically, this text is the most comprehensive bibliography, including twelve black-and-white images of devils throughout the centuries.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>DANTE ALIGHIERI<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Comedy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>14th century<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Ms. 1102<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the miniature of the XXXIV canto, Satan is represented with a colossal, hairy and dark body, with clawed feet, membranous wings, which here are six, and whose incessant movement freezes Cocytus, the lake of the Underworld. That he has three faces and three jaws, with which he crushes Judas, Brutus and Cassius, we cannot see because of the usual abrasion suffered by the great diabolical figures.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/la-divina-commedia.webp\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"1434\" src=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/la-divina-commedia.webp\" alt=\"\" title=\"la-divina-commedia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/la-divina-commedia.webp 1009w, https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/la-divina-commedia-980x1393.webp 980w, https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/la-divina-commedia-480x682.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1009px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-74926\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/inferno-divina-commedia.webp\" alt=\"\" title=\"inferno-divina-commedia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/inferno-divina-commedia.webp 2048w, https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/inferno-divina-commedia-1280x853.webp 1280w, https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/inferno-divina-commedia-980x653.webp 980w, https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/inferno-divina-commedia-480x320.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2048px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-74928\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>DANTE ALIGHIERI<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Divine Comedy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Milan, 1887<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>B.VIII.9<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Edition of the Comedy by Dante Alighieri with illustrations by Gustavo Dor\u00e8, French painter and engraver. In the XXXIV canto, Satan is represented with a dark and hairy body, stuck in the frozen lake of Cocytus together with the souls of the traitors.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":74994,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_helpful_status":1,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75003","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"dsm_author":{"name":"Roberto De Santis","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c1cf2972b61b3b9a4d47c057e128e0960006d375767a90ed11cf04d392d016c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","archive_link":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/author\/roberto\/","biodata":""},"dsm_categories":[],"dsm_attachment_categories":[],"dsm_featured_image":null,"dsm_comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75003"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260734,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75003\/revisions\/260734"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}