Der Teutsch Belial
Der Teutsch Belial is a German-language legal allegory printed in Augsburg by Johann Schonsperger, based on Jacobus de Theramo's trial of Satan before Solomon, aimed at readers of the late fifteenth century. Its woodcuts show a courtroom with a seated judge on a throne, horned devils and robed advocates arguing, and a designer can draw on their bold black-line figures, simple stage-like settings, and expressive gestures.
