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  • Four cherubs shout out to God requests to punish the four worst sins of mankind: murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and failure to pay due wages. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • "Sodomie" / par MY ; Sida Info Service.
  • "Sodomie" / par MY ; Sida Info Service.
  • A devil buggering a man. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A devil buggering a man. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • The wrath of God is aroused against murderers, sodomites, oppressors and swindlers. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • A man with open jeans feels his naked torso next to a negative version of the same image, advertising safe sex to prevent HIV and AIDS by the AIDS Action Council, Australia. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A sculpture of Perseus with the head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A sculpture of Perseus with the head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of the base, 'natural' man. Etching, 1771, after J. Bakewell.
  • Jacques de Molay, the last grand master of the Knights Templars, burnt alive as a lapsed heretic in Paris. Wood engraving by J. David.