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    The document describes 5 illustrations from 2 historical texts. The first illustration comes from Augustine's City of God and depicts the battle between the cities of Satan and God. The remaining 4 illustrations come from Jacobus de Teramo's Book of Belial printed in 1473, and depict scenes of the demon Belial and his entourage appearing before King Solomon, presenting his credentials, dancing before Solomon, and returning to the gates of hell.

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    The document describes 5 illustrations from 2 historical texts. The first illustration comes from Augustine's City of God and depicts the battle between the cities of Satan and God. The remaining 4 illustrations come from Jacobus de Teramo's Book of Belial printed in 1473, and depict scenes of the demon Belial and his entourage appearing before King Solomon, presenting his credentials, dancing before Solomon, and returning to the gates of hell.

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    Medieval Macabre - Gallery One

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    The document describes 5 illustrations from 2 historical texts. The first illustration comes from Augustine's City of God and depicts the battle between the cities of Satan and God. The remaining 4 illustrations come from Jacobus de Teramo's Book of Belial printed in 1473, and depict scenes of the demon Belial and his entourage appearing before King Solomon, presenting his credentials, dancing before Solomon, and returning to the gates of hell.

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    1. The fight of the City of Satan (Babylon) against the City of God (Syon). From Aurelius Augustinaus' De Trinitate.

    De Civitate Dei, printed by Johann Amerbach, Basle, 1489.

    2. The demon Belial appearing with his entourage of four lesser demons before King Solomon. From Jacobus de Teramo's Das Buch Belial, printed at Augsburg, 1473.

    3. Belial presenting his credentials to Solomon. From Jacobus de Teramo's Das Buch Belial, printed at Augsburg, 1473.

    4. Belial dancing before Solomon. From Jacobus de Teramo's Das Buch Belial, printed at Augsburg, 1473.

    5. Belial returning to the gates of Hell. From Jacobus de Teramo's Das Buch Belial, printed at Augsburg, 1473.

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