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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 5, Pages: 573-596 |
| Further subjects: | B
Medieval
B violin B Vercelli Homily X B Harp B Boethius B Devil B Old English B Music B fiddle B Dunstan (saint) B Satan B guitar |
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