5615718 Great Chain of Being\' from \'Rhetorica Christiana ad concionandi et orandi usum accommodate?吒' by Diego Valades (1533-1582) published in 1579 by Unknown Artist, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The engraving shows the hierarchy of all life, from top to bottom: God in Heaven; Angels, Humans, Animals, Plants; Minerals and finally the Devil and demons in Hell torturing the fallen. This divine plan was central Catholic belief and to medieval Christianity until the Renaissance and separation of church and state. Diego Valades was a Franciscan missionary in Mexico who wrote the \'Rhetorica Christiana\' as a teaching aid. Photograph of folio from 1579 first edition.); Photo by AF Fotografie.