Emperor Rudolf's Cabinet of Curiosities

[Paul Ferguson]

"Mystical items abounded: a miniature, leaden devil, said to have been cast out during an exorcism; magic mirrors for scrying; talismanic handbells inscribed with Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew to ring during alchemical rituals; the fabled Codex Gigas, or “Devil’s Bible,” sat among strange tomes holding spells and incantations to summon angels or wake the dead."

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