Open book with seven seals; burning from a fire descending from clouds; four human heads (symbolising various threats to the Christian faith, e.g. Judaism, Islam, primitive man, ...?) and dragon-shaped creatures are spitting at the book

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Reinier van Doesburg — 1696×1

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Open book with seven seals; burning from a fire descending from clouds; four human heads (symbolising various threats to the Christian faith, e.g. Judaism, Islam, primitive man, ...?) and dragon-shaped creatures are spitting at the book

Sermo dei ignis inextinguibilis (LA)

Iconclass notations

21C fire (one of the four elements)

25FF411 dragon

26A clouds

31A221 head (human)

31A65 spitting

41B4 on fire, ablaze

49MM32 book - MM - book open

73G212(+0) the book with the seven seals enthroned ~ Revelation of John (+ variant)

86(SERMO DEI IGNIS INEXTINGUIBILIS) proverbs, sayings, etc. (SERMO DEI IGNIS INEXTINGUIBILIS)