Practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material
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Book burning
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M0001830: Reproduction of an oil painting on canvas depicting Paracelsus (1493-1541) burning the books of the "fathers of medicine", 1526, by Ernest Board
Date: 31 March 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/17/22Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A procession to St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, and the burning of Protestant books in Cambridge marketplace. Etching by G. Terry.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 30403i- Pictures
Roman senators seated in discussion as books burn behind them.
Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536Date: [1531]Reference: 3334566i
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Residents of Ephesus burn their books on the magic arts before Saint Paul. Engraving, 18th century, after J. Thornhill.
Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734.Reference: 24888i