Book Burning
Book Title: Index librorum prohibitorum / Ssmi D. N. Benedicti XIV. pontificis maximi jussu recognitus, atque editus
Author: Ricchini, Tommaso Agostino, 1675-1762
Image Title: Book Burning
Scripture Reference:
- Acts 19 (further images / scripture text)
Description: A depiction of magical books being burned in Ephesus is utilized in a scene for heretical books being tossed into a fire. The printed list of such books, the Index librorum prohibitorum (index of prohibited books), issued 1758, the year of the death of Pope Benedict XIV.
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