Witchcraft treatise, 15th century. Illustration of female figures preparing a potion in a cauldron, a familiar depiction of witches. This illustration

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Witchcraft treatise, 15th century. Illustration of female figures preparing a potion in a cauldron, a familiar depiction of witches. This illustration is from the witchcraft treatise 'De Lamiis et Pythonicis Mulieribus' (1489) by German scholar Ulrich Molitor.

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