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Christ as the "true light"; at the l half stands Christ, talking to a group of believers, among them simple folk, and pointing to the true light in form of a burning candle in a candelabra, containing the symbols of the Evangelists; depicted at the r half is a group of blind philosophers, among them Plato and Aristotle, scholars and clergymen, falling into the abyss; first used in a calendar by Johann Copp (published by Christoph Froschauer at Zürich, 1527). c. 1523 Woodcut
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