1-156-289 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Hierarchy of the Church, 1652. God at the head, the Pope below flanked by angels, kings, priests and laity, with demons falling into the flames of Hell below. This image shows that the four Greek elements of Aristotle's physics, Earth, Air, Water and Fire were still common currency in the late Renaissance. From Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum by Elias Ashmole. (London, 1652).