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Disputation between Simon the Magician and Saints Peter and Paul
A gesturing figure faces an assembled company beneath a tumult of airborne bodies and winged forms. The printed caption identifies a disputation between Simon the Magician and Saints Peter and Paul. Reproduced in The History of Magic, it illustrates a religious narrative transmitted through later imagery rather than a contemporary record of the encounter.
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Illustrator not identified. "Disputation between Simon the Magician and Saints Peter and Paul" [editorial title]. In The History of Magic, Éliphas Lévi. Second Edition, 1922, William Rider & Son, Limited. Source scan leaf 243. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0025-0243
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Illustrator not identified. Disputation between Simon the Magician and Saints Peter and Paul. The History of Magic. Scan leaf 243. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0025-0243