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Heresy

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  • Saint Peter Martyr and his companion attacked by an assassin with a sword. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Dante and Virgil watching heretics in hell ripping their bodies apart as punishment for schism. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.
  • Saint Peter Martyr. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
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    Dante and Virgil watching heretics in hell ripping their bodies apart as punishment for schism. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

    Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835. | Date: 1825 | Reference: 661783i
    Part of: Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
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    Saint Augustine of Hippo. Line engraving by P. de Jode the younger after E. Quellinus after J. Mantelius.

    Mantelius, Johannes, 1599-1676. | Date: 1634 | Reference: 3493i
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    Ōrigenēs Kata Kelsou : en tomois 8 ; tou autou Philokalia : Origenis Contra Celsum : libri octo ; ejusdem Philocalia / Gulielmus Spencerus ... utriusque operis versionem recognovit & annotationes adjecit ; cum indice rerum & verborum locupletissimo.

    Origen | Date: 1658
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    Bellerophon slaying the Chimera; representing the defeat of heresy (Protestantism) in Belgium by Ferdinand of Spain. Etching by T. van Thulden, c. 1640, after P.P. Rubens, 1635.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: 1635 | Reference: 27226i
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    A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.

    Orazi, Andrea Antonio, 1670-approximately 1749. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 29522i
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