Voobrazhaemyy vrag: Inovercy v srednevekovoy ikonografii

Coats of arms and flags depicting scorpions, exotic turbans and caps, hooked noses, red hair, purple-red, black or even blue faces, unnaturally twisted postures, obscene gestures and viciously aggressive grimaces. In the art of the medieval West, many signs were used that marked and denounced the Gentiles (Jews, Muslims and pagans), heretics, other sinners and outcasts. All of them were correlated with the "father of lies" - the devil, as well as with each other, as if they were part of a g...