The Public Domain ReviewLooking for some Halloween costume inspo? Some first-rate ideas in this 18th-century demonology book: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/compendium-of-demonology-and-magic-ca-1775/ #halloween
infernalsk majeskæg@publicdomainrev I could use some decipherment (and translations) of those handwritten captions 😄
Moritz Negwer@fanden @publicdomainrev seems to be German.
The caption on the first image reads: "Das Ungeheuer wo den Ausgang des Fegefeuers bewachet" (= the monster that guards the exit of purgatory)
The top line on the second image reads: "So erscheinet der Beelzebub" (= Thus, Beelzebub appears). The second line I can't decipher, same with images 3+4.
The words around the figures might be incantations?
The caption on the first image reads: "Das Ungeheuer wo den Ausgang des Fegefeuers bewachet" (= the monster that guards the exit of purgatory)
The top line on the second image reads: "So erscheinet der Beelzebub" (= Thus, Beelzebub appears). The second line I can't decipher, same with images 3+4.
The words around the figures might be incantations?
@moritz_negwer @publicdomainrev Yeah, I got a bit of that — didn't know Fegefeuer meant purgatory, thanks for that! The writing is a bit of a scrawl, isn't it?
@moritz_negwer I don't know what else we can learn about Wamidal (except for the obvious that's displayed in the image), but she sure caught the world's attention, and is made flesh: https://www.reddit.com/r/TattooDesigns/comments/1dfuytg/wamidal/ @publicdomainrev
joe@fanden @publicdomainrev
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top-left
Das Ungeheüer so den Ausgang des Fegefeüers bewachet.
The monster like this is guarding the exit of the purgatory.
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top-right
[Magorts. Carufax Srisop.]
[Turitel. Nelion eloson.]
So erscheinet der Belzebub.
Sein (Bauch/Rang)? ist: Mandragora mit (Maushen Harn)?
So appears Beelzebub.
His ()? is Mandragora with (mouse hair)?.
> Note: Mandragora is mandrake I think
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@fanden @publicdomainrev
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lower-left
[Wamidal]
Sein (Bauch/Rang)? ist: Todtnbein, (arant)? mit Geißharen.
Seine (?er?stung) ist am Grabe eines armen Sünders um (Mitrnacht)?. aber höchstgefährlich.
His ()? is death bone, ()?, with goat hair.
His ()? is at the grave of a poor sinner at (Midnight)?. but most dangerous.
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@fanden @publicdomainrev
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lower-right
[Ara Vezol Chuz]
So gflegt der Artbarots zu erscheinen.
[Oriens. Baimon. Ariton. Gogalchon Zugúla.]
So usually Artbarots appears.
> Note: no idea what the runes on the left mean
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Gorgeous na Shock!@publicdomainrev "Early Modern Era or AI?" would be a fun gameshow.
Kilian Evang
MegatronicThronBanks@publicdomainrev And NONE of it came from dreams or diet induced hallucinations.......................