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Mytological Animals


Mythological animals.



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Le Livre des Proprietes des Choses,France,14th MS 993,fol.254 verso. The properties of mammals.
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Le Livre des Proprietes des Choses,France,14th MS 993,fol.254 verso. The propert...

Speculum Humanae Salvationis,Flemish,15th.MS 139. fol.14 verso:The temptation of Christ;The prophet Daniel before Baal and the dragon.
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Speculum Humanae Salvationis,Flemish,15th.MS 139. fol.14 verso:The temptat...

A phoenix plucks at vegetation with it beak and talons.At right it lies in the flames,ready to be reborn from the ashes. Illustration from a page of text from a Bestiary or moralized natural history in Latin. The principal source is a translation of the Greek work called Physiologu. Roy.12.C.XIX.fol.49v (detail)
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A phoenix plucks at vegetation with it beak and talons.At right it lies in the...

Leviathan,around 1280.A fish curving round to form a circle. The Leviathan was,according to Talmudic sources,one of the mythical creatures that would be consumed at the messianic banquet awaiting the virtous.From the "North French Miscellany",a Hebrew manuscript written by Benjamin the Scribe.Add 11639 fol.518 v.
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Leviathan,around 1280.A fish curving round to form a circle. The Leviathan was,...

Unicorn (13th century?).From the Harleian Bestiary. Harl.4751
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Unicorn (13th century?).From the Harleian Bestiary. Harl.4751

Nectanebus as a serpent entering Queen Olympias' chamber and practising enchantments on her in her bed. Queen Olympias was the mother of Alexander the Great. Initial "E" and ivy-sprig border. From "Li Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alexandre",1400-1425. Roy.20.B.XX.fol.8 v.
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Nectanebus as a serpent entering Queen Olympias' chamber and practising enchant...

The beast and the dragon, early 14th. The beast rises from the sea and the dragon on the right gives the beast power. From a French Apocalypse (Book of Revelation). ID: Roy 19.B.XV, fol. 23 (detail). Apo 13: 1 - 4
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The beast and the dragon, early 14th. The beast rises from the sea and the drago...

Alexander the Great and his knights battling dragons, early 15th. The dragons have emeralds set into their foreheads. One of the dragons seems to have been killed. From "Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre" ID: Roy 20 B XX fol. 73
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Alexander the Great and his knights battling dragons, early 15th. The dragons ha...

Knight, Lady and Unicorn, around 1200-1259. A knight in armour attacks a unicorn with his spear as a naked woman tries to protect it from him. From a Bestiary, or moralized natural history, in Latin. The principal sources are a translation of the Greek work called Physiologu.
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Knight, Lady and Unicorn, around 1200-1259. A knight in armour attacks a unicorn...

The Hebrews building cities for Pharaoh, around 1350. Illustration within a decorated border of dragons and scrolls; men are climbing up ladders and liftinh construction material to the top of a tower. From the "Barcelona Hagaddah", the story of the exodus read on Passover Eve. From northern Spain. ID:Add 14761, fol.43 r
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The Hebrews building cities for Pharaoh, around 1350. Illustration within a deco...

Combat a la barriere:A chariot drawn by a dragon. Engraving Meaume 490-503
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Combat a la barriere:A chariot drawn by a dragon. Engraving...

Combat a la barriere: A group of musicians on a phoenix 1627. 12 x 8,6 cm, Lieure 586
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Combat a la barriere: A group of musicians on a phoenix 1627. 12 x 8,6 cm,...