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...
| Publicado en: | Religion & the Arts Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 573 - 597 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2023
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