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  The Paris Gregory (BnF grec 510, fol. 440r, 879 to 883): Constantine's dream, the cross inscribed ἐν τούτῳ νίκα, and the battle at the bridge. Made about 570 years after the event. Scan

  Bibliothèque nationale de France ·from Constantine's vision, the cross of light before the Milvian Bridge (312)
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  Bronze follis from Heraclea, about 327 to 329, with Constantine looking upward. Scan

  IGNnick ·from Constantine's vision, the cross of light before the Milvian Bridge (312)
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  Kerbogha besieging Antioch, Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon, BnF Français 22495, 1337 Scan

  Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica btv1b10024631m/f112) ·from The army of saints at the Battle of Antioch (1098)
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  Opening page of the Peterborough Chronicle (Bodleian MS Laud Misc. 636), the manuscript that records the 1127 hunt Scan

  Photographed by en:User:Geogre; original by the Peterborough monastic scribes ·from The Peterborough Wild Hunt (1127)

  pittene risland if ehta hund mula laurs. ŋta hund bpad. They rind on his rislande fif se beode. enslife. ÷ bjut ture. ÷ pilre. ÷ preyture. ÷ pyhture. ÷ boc leden. Epent peion busend pifer lander bputter. pa coman of ammena. 7 se ratan rudepeande bputtene apoft. Pa se lamp hrc þ pyh tar coman rupan o…

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  Kilnaruane pillar stone carving of a boat rowed heavenward, a related Irish image Scan

  Andreas F. Borchert, via Wikimedia Commons ·from The ship in the sky over Redbourn, seen by the monks of St Albans (1254) (1254)
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  Martyrdom of Amphibalus, Trinity College Dublin MS E.i.40, fol. 45r, attributed to Matthew Paris Scan

  Trinity College Dublin, via Wikimedia Commons ·from The ship in the sky over Redbourn, seen by the monks of St Albans (1254) (1254)

  pet h faut ennuruner. Ela entraille fi esculer. He letta par teu timet sufrir. Pfermun paent gunn. ncrou le pendirent lu guu defloial 1 dist amphibal neft vac gilt timent ra…

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  Matthew Paris's self-portrait, British Library Royal MS 14 C VII, fol. 6r, the manuscript that contains the 1254 annal Scan

  British Library, via Wikimedia Commons ·from The ship in the sky over Redbourn, seen by the monks of St Albans (1254) (1254)
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  Elephant drawing from the Chronica Majora Scan

  Matthew Paris, via Wikimedia Commons ·from The ship in the sky over Redbourn, seen by the monks of St Albans (1254) (1254)
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  Cover of Flying Saucers Have Landed (1953), the book that spread the hoax Scan

  University of Southern Mississippi Special Collections ·from The Byland Abbey Silver Disc of 1290, a Schoolboy Hoax (1290)
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  The ruins of Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire Scan

  mattbuck, via Wikimedia Commons ·from The Byland Abbey Silver Disc of 1290, a Schoolboy Hoax (1290)
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  Bartolomé de las Casas's copy of the abstract of Columbus's journal, the manuscript through which the account survives Scan

  Bartolomé de las Casas, 1530s; via latinamericanstudies.org ·from Christopher Columbus's three mermaids off Hispaniola (1493)

  apro el manuervamos en fuente privado lagaro adepos su viento y más componente no libro y poner solo por el tiempo por pinterest por bienvenido el equivarial y lo opintado el verid en re y sobre solo nombre misfo yo ulvide el sucito y tiene misfo el ndegar yoq afi simple Cas qualito fira gra trabajo…

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  The original tilma above the high altar, with the 1895 coronation crown above it Scan

  Janothird ·from Our Lady of Guadalupe: the apparitions to Juan Diego and the tilma image at Tepeyac (1531)
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  Sluperius plate (1572) as reproduced in The Book of Days (1869) Scan

  from The Sea Monk of the Øresund (1546)
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  Belon's book on display in the British Library Animals exhibition (2023) Scan

  Mgiganteus1 ·from The Sea Monk of the Øresund (1546)

  actually er seen word of a later ns of plants artists ced stake. Monkfish This inaccurate depiction of a monkfish highlights the value of first-hand observation. This publication was the first comprehensive collection of illustrated fish descriptions. The author Pierre Belon's image was based on an …

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  Gesner (1620) above and Paré (1685) below Scan

  Edward Worth Library ·from The Sea Monk of the Øresund (1546)
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  "The Witches of Warboyse", an engraving from Richard Boulton's A Compleat History of Magick, Sorcery, and Witchcraft (1715 to 1716), made about 120 years after the case. Scan

  Wellcome Library, London ·from The Witches of Warboys: the Throckmorton Children's Fits (1589)
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  1592 woodcut of the dog-like creature found in the boulting tub Scan

  Anonymous 1592 pamphlet, via ProQuest/EEBO, reproduced by Early Modern Scribbling ·from The North Aston poltergeist: strange and wonderful accidents at Master George Lee's house (1591) (1591)
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  The bodies of Mother Mariana and the other foundresses Scan

  America Needs Fatima ·from Our Lady of Good Success: the Virgin asks Abbess Mariana de Jesús Torres for a statue, Quito, 1610 (1610)
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  Second view of the Grands Voyages leaf, c.1627. Scan

  Old World Auctions ·from Richard Whitbourne's Mermaid in St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland (1610)

  Deß neverfundenen Lands. kaufen. Dynab als die Schafftierin in die Gebiet fortmachen / haben die treffende Forderung. Dynab als die Schafftierin in die Gebiet fortmachen / anwachen sie stets an, wenn sie die Forderung nicht erfordern Afman fih can fih multifilghenen nicht nih debenghi the mundhilegh…

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  Grands Voyages Part XIII leaf with the engraving of the encounter, c.1627. Scan

  Old World Auctions ·from Richard Whitbourne's Mermaid in St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland (1610)
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  The de Bry engraving of Whitbourne's strange creature, an artist's interpretation. Scan

  Theodor de Bry, via Memorial University ·from Richard Whitbourne's Mermaid in St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland (1610)
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  Richard Whitbourne encounters a Strange Creature in Newfoundland, engraving from de Bry's America, 1628. An artist's interpretation made from the text. Scan

  Matthäus Merian, from Theodor de Bry's America (1628), via Memorial University of Newfoundland ·from Richard Whitbourne's Mermaid in St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland (1610)
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  Plaque to Richard Whitbourne in Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador. Scan

  from Richard Whitbourne's Mermaid in St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland (1610)

  RIS 5 SN Se ~'==5" SIRRICHARD WHITBOURNE ~~ ~~ Active in the Newfoundland trade and fishery from 1579, this Devonshire mariner and merchant was an early advocate‘ of colonization. He was commissioned by the High Court of Admiralty ~ in 1615 to investigate conflicts between fishermen and settlers, ~ …

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  Manuscript page 36 of the 1619 inquiry Scan

  Lilly Library / 1762 Archive ·from The spring apparitions of Our Lady of Caysasay (1611)

  Dic. que Andes C. O. Oración en la que de guiarse donando este momento. Ae auer apreciado la guerilla de canona ma. de bien y de apuesta se feliz 3 mandos tanto han con el batajo y de facade de fuerza guan godado alii crescer del alma bo. de Apere penso al muerto else guo con Cultura de la mima. Cuc…

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  Manuscript page 8 of the 1619 inquiry Scan

  Lilly Library / 1762 Archive ·from The spring apparitions of Our Lady of Caysasay (1611)

  Regimenes jurat. On forma ami ad eliter mausonis notaria de que basan le afficio fiel y le domine de corno a Pedra Los altos que se reducen de bien Toda Niridal sin aninad. Muster de Vilien Nilso y Experiminado y se le orden del cano do. Do La Pauite On Niridal. Do avuallad y Corinum nomo Dua e do. …

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  Replica statue of Our Lady of Caysasay at Lobo Church, Batangas Scan

  from The spring apparitions of Our Lady of Caysasay (1611)
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  The image of Our Lady of Caysasay, pine wood, about 27.2 cm, early 17th century Scan

  Photo: Glenn Inocencio, Cultural Center of the Philippines ·from The spring apparitions of Our Lady of Caysasay (1611)
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  Facsimile of Juan Moreno's 1687 deposition, folios 17v-18 Scan

  Archivo General de Indias, via UC Santa Cruz ·from The Finding of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre: the Three Juanes at Nipe Bay (1612)

  Dona misura. Ligue ella fue tan querente quae unpastieren los Velhots Crossellos y Corona decaden fue tan grande la tierra quae uno quid sin Chavo que pasa por mido de la muga La fuerte y venna santa bien a quella U. y pisaura me de la labiata y mora de la tierra y venna desgraba abuña Al luna desgu…

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  Facsimile of Juan Moreno's 1687 deposition, folios 13v-14 Scan

  Archivo General de Indias, via UC Santa Cruz ·from The Finding of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre: the Three Juanes at Nipe Bay (1612)

  la della Sollena blando con Marmona la mas Sollena blando destro con frances armas destro Marmona destro sign y dedujo de los y dedujo destro consecrados conma Catho pana la la della Sollena y dedujo destro Catho francia Oraen Oraen Catho sobre la delpima del liqueque quers des consecrados lequeduva…

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  Portrait of Thomas Morton, 1637, St John's College. Scan

  Attributed to Simon Luttichuys ·from The Boy of Bilson: William Perry's Faked Possession, Staffordshire, 1620 (1620)
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  William Hogarth, Enthusiasm Delineated (engraved 1761, unpublished), the earlier state of the same plate. Scan

  William Hogarth; British Museum ·from The Boy of Bilson: William Perry's Faked Possession, Staffordshire, 1620 (1620)
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  Thomas Morton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, who exposed the fraud. Scan

  Attributed to Simon Luttichuys; St John's College, Cambridge ·from The Boy of Bilson: William Perry's Faked Possession, Staffordshire, 1620 (1620)
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  William Hogarth, Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism (1762). A shoeblack vomiting hobnails and iron staples is often identified as the Boy of Bilston. Scan

  William Hogarth; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891 ·from The Boy of Bilson: William Perry's Faked Possession, Staffordshire, 1620 (1620)

  CREDULITY, SUPERSTITION and FANATICISM. AMEDLEY. Believe not every Spirit, but try the Spirits whether they are of God: because many false Prophets are gone out into the World. Design'd and Engraved by Wm Hogarth. Published as the Act directs March 9th 15th 1762.…

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  Contemporary 1634 print of the execution of Urbain Grandier at Loudun, reproduced in Legué (1880) Scan

  Unknown artist; Gallica/BnF via G. Legué ·from The Loudun possessions and the burning of Urbain Grandier (1632)

  POVRTRAICT REPRESENTANT AV VIE L'EXECVTION FAICTE A LOVDVN EN LA ERSONNE DE VRBAIN GRANDIE R Préftre Curé de S. Pierre & Chanoine de l'Eglise de Saint-Étienne Croix dut lieu, atreint & conduaincu des Crimes de facrilege. Magie, fortilege, maléfice & possession : bruslé tout vif, par Arreilles Iuges …

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  Satirical engraving of the judges of the Loudun devils, about 1752 Scan

  Anonymous; BnF Estampes, Collection Hennin ·from The Loudun possessions and the burning of Urbain Grandier (1632)
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  Grandier burned alive at Loudun, a 1701 book illustration from Ludolff's Allgemeine Schau-Bühne der Welt Scan

  Attributed to Caspar Luyken, published by Johann David Zunner; Rijksmuseum ·from The Loudun possessions and the burning of Urbain Grandier (1632)
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  Manuscript of John Winthrop's journal, volume 3 (1644 to 1649), which records the 1644 Boston lights. Scan

  Massachusetts Historical Society ·from James Everell's "great light" over the Muddy River, Massachusetts Bay Colony (1638/39) (1639)
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  The 1640 engraving of Our Lady of Luxembourg, Consolatrix Afflictorum, the print Mechel Schrouse recognised in her vision Scan

  Unknown artist, 1640 ·from The Kevelaer apparition: Hendrick Busman's voice and Mechel Schrouse's vision of a lighted shrine, 1641 to 1642 (1641)
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  Jesse Talbot's 19th-century painting Vision of the Phantom Ship, 1647 Scan

  Jesse Talbot; New Haven Historical Society via Wikimedia Commons ·from The Ghost Ship of New Haven: the Great Shippe apparition, 1647 (1647)
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  Procès-verbal de reconnaissance de la Bête du Gâtinais Scan

  Bnf estampes, coll. Michel Hennin ·from The Beast of the Gâtinais (la Bête du Gâtinais) (1652)

  DESCRIPTION DVNE PARTIE DES MEVRTRE ET CARNAGES FAITS PAR L'HORIBLE MONSTRE CY DESSVS DEPENT DANS LE PAYS DE GASTINOIS, QYI FVT TVE Vendrouillet d'Auxerre, d'eventuire d'Aux 1845, approué 16 Moytres, le habilitant Mogny. Et se vous au bout du Pont-Neuf, au coing de la rue d'Auphine. Eiward Jourdain …

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  Mompesson's letter to William Creed, 6 December 1662, page 1 (Bodleian MS Ballard 1) Scan

  Images reproduced courtesy of the Bodleian Libraries ·from The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662) (1662)
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  Mompesson's letter to William Creed, 6 December 1662, page 4 (Bodleian MS Ballard 1) Scan

  Images reproduced courtesy of the Bodleian Libraries ·from The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662) (1662)
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  Mompesson's letter to William Creed, 6 December 1662, page 3 (Bodleian MS Ballard 1) Scan

  Images reproduced courtesy of the Bodleian Libraries ·from The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662) (1662)
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  Endorsement on Mompesson's 1662 letter (Bodleian MS Ballard 1) Scan

  Images reproduced courtesy of the Bodleian Libraries ·from The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662) (1662)
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  Mompesson's letter to William Creed, 6 December 1662, page 2 (Bodleian MS Ballard 1) Scan

  Images reproduced courtesy of the Bodleian Libraries ·from The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662) (1662)
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  The complete 1665 Leipzig illustrated broadside Von dem wunderbarlichen Stralsundischen Lufft-Kriege und Schiff-streite, with the engraving above the text Scan

  from The 1665 Air Battle of Stralsund and the Dark Disc over St. Nicholas Church (1665)

  Zondem wunderbarlichen Stralsundischen Lufft. Kriege und Schiffstreite/ So in diesem 1665. Jahre nach Christi Geburt/den 8. April/umb 2. Vhr nach Wittage/ gey der vornehmen See und Handels-Stadt/Stralsund/oben am Hinmel gefchehen;und aldavon 6.nam- hafftigen Fischern/in richtigen Augenschein genomme…

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  Engraved portrait of Rev. Samuel Willard, frontispiece of A Compleat Body of Divinity (1726) Scan

  Artist unknown ·from The Possession of Elizabeth Knapp (1671)
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  Valvasor's copper engraving of Krinck, 1689, about 17 years after the exhumation Scan

  Johann Weichard Valvasor ·from Jure Grando, the štrigon of Kringa (1672)
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  The illustration from the London broadsheet of the giant squid stranded at Dingle in 1673 Scan

  Francis Smith, London, c. 1674 ·from The Dingle "wonderful fish or beast": a giant squid stranded in County Kerry, 1673 (1673)

  A true Relation of a strange Monster that lately was by a Storm, driven a shore at Dingle-I-coth in the County of Kerry in Ireland, with Letters Teftimonial, under the hands of credible Eye-witnesses. To Mr. John Wickins at the Mearmaid in Millstreet, London. Oving Friend, I heard of this following …

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  Old artwork of the Theotokos and St Job above the monastery as the battle rages below, a depiction of the legend Scan

  Unknown author, via Wikimedia Commons ·from The Pochaiv apparition: the Mother of God over the besieged monastery, 1675 (1675)