LSE4324746: Madame Anastasia with the scissors of censorship Anastasia symbolizes censorship of the press and publishing and probably takes her name from Pope Anastasius I, who forbids certain books that do not correspond to Christian cosmology. Illustration by Andre Gill (1840-1885) in “” L'eclipse””, 18/07/1874., Gill, Andre (1840-85) / Bridgeman Images