Comics in the Curriculum

Item Information

Satan with Antichrist, enthroned in Hell

Dublin Core

Title

Satan with Antichrist, enthroned in Hell

Description

note how the iconography of Satan and Antichrist, in the lower right corner, mirrors that of Madonna and Child

Creator

unknown

Source

Hortus Deliciarum

Date

early 12th century

Language

lat

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

created at Hohenburg Abbey, held in the Bibliothèque municipale de Strasbourg, destroyed in a fire in 1870

Citation

Herrad, of Landsberg, Abbess of Hohenburg
Hortus deliciarum
Studies of the Warburg Institute; v. 36
London: Warburg Institute, University of London; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1979

MODS

Key Date

1167 1185

Type of Date

ap

Publication Place

Hohenburg Abbey

Place of Origin

Alsace

Form/Genre

codex

Physical Description

an illuminated encyclopedia, containing poems, illuminations, and songs

Repository Name

none

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

rd

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

manuscript illumination

Citation

unknown, “Satan with Antichrist, enthroned in Hell,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed October 3, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/comics/item/4143.

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