Ross G Caldwell
Hi Jean-Michel,
I only meant that I know of none such in French cards. An anthropophagous (ahem) Devil does exist in the Agnolo Hebreo card, and in the Beaux-Arts sheet. Both of these are presumed to be Bolognese.
I believe that sometime in the 16th century, the Bolognese cardmakers toned down the horror of their Devil.
jmd said:With regards to the Devil, though there may be little evidence of devils consuming human beings on cards, there are many cathedrals that have stone carvings on the western side (usually above the central entry on the external panel) that depict clearly a post-death weighing of souls, with those doomed entering the mouth of a leviathan-type devil.
It is not a far-fetched possibility that devil-images included such variety.
I only meant that I know of none such in French cards. An anthropophagous (ahem) Devil does exist in the Agnolo Hebreo card, and in the Beaux-Arts sheet. Both of these are presumed to be Bolognese.
I believe that sometime in the 16th century, the Bolognese cardmakers toned down the horror of their Devil.