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Miracle data |
Source name: |
Johannes Herolt |
Short title: |
The Painter and the Devil |
Poncelet Number: |
1472 - Quidam pictor diabolum cum cornibus et ceteris membris |
Reference numbers: |
no.84 |
Rubric/Title in source: |
Pictorem sustentat Maria, ne caderet |
Incipit: |
Quidam pictor diabolum cum cornibus, et caeteris membris, ut turpius poterat |
Notes: |
Herolt No. 718
A certain painter painted the Devil with horns and other members as ugly as he could and still more dreadful |