Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Latin text describing the images on page 7, top is Uricus - a red-crowned and winged serpent - as King of the East; and Paymon - a black cat-like animal with horns, long whiskers and tail - as King of the West. Page of text in Latin from Cyprianus, 18th century manuscript. Cyprianus is also known as the Black Book, and is the textbook of the Black School at Wittenburg, the book from which a witch or sorceror gets his spells. The Black School at Wittenburg was purportedly a place in Germany where one went to learn the black arts. Pen and watercolour Late 18th century By: M L CyprianusCyprianus, M. L. Clavis Inferni sive magia alba et nigra approbata Metratona. Published: -