Book Title: Sacrarum Heroidum Epistolae

Author: Vincartius, Joannes, 1593-1679, praeses.

Image Title: St. Barbara

Description: St. Barbara looks down upon an angel and a hound from her tower, where she was kept by her pagan father Dioscorus. In the background, Dioscorus is struck by lightning after beheading St. Barbara for her Christian faith.

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