Witchcraft treatise, 15th century. Illustration of a female figure consorting with a male figure with animal features, a reference to aspects of witch

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Witchcraft treatise, 15th century. Illustration of a female figure consorting with a male figure with animal features, a reference to aspects of witchcraft. This illustration is from the witchcraft treatise 'De Lamiis et Pythonicis Mulieribus' (1489) by German scholar Ulrich Molitor.

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