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XJF147334: 'From the smoke ascending out of the abyss are born scorpions which scourge men', from a Commentary upon the Apocalypse by the Asturian monk Beatus of Liebana, c.776, illustration from 'Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance', written by Paul Lacroix, engraved by Hoyot, 1878 (engraving) (b/w photo), Spanish School, (12th century) (after) / Bridgeman Images