The Musical Devil Revisited: Vercelli Homily X and Satan's Fiddle.

This article argues that modern examples of the Devil as a player of plucked and bowed stringed instruments extend early medieval representations of the Devil's music as a powerfully persuasive force that can be used to draw souls toward Satan and, conversely, to defend against his musical machinati...

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Publicado en:Religion & the Arts Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 573 - 597
Autor principal: Heckman, Christina M.
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2023
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