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Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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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...

Alexander the Great builds a city as a memorial to his beloved horse Bucephalos. From "Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alexandre." Roy.20.B.xx.fol.82 Min.
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Alexander the Great builds a city as a memorial to his beloved horse Bucephalos....

Hector mounting his horse, bidding farewell to his wife and son. Background: a dazzling mosaic. Harl.4431.fol. 135 Min.
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Hector mounting his horse, bidding farewell to his wife and son. Background: a...

Andromeda rescued by Perseus from the sea serpent. Perseus, mounted on Pegasus, the winged horse, and wearing full medieval armour, brandishes a scythe at the monster. Andromeda looks on from her rock. From a work by Christine de Pisan. Harl.4431.fol.98 v.
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Andromeda rescued by Perseus from the sea serpent. Perseus, mounted on Pegasus,...

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...

Battle between Amazons, led by their queen, and the Trojans, 1275-1300. A fierce battle is taking place. Below the queen's horse is a decapitated head and a figure with no lower body. From "Li Livre des Ansienes Estoires" from the commencement of the world to the death of King Mithridates. ID: Add 15268,Fol. 125.
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Battle between Amazons, led by their queen, and the Trojans, 1275-1300. A fierce...

Meeting of Alexander the Great and the amazons, 1400-1425. Alexander and his soldiers are confronted by an army of women on horseback,led by a queen. From "Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre". ID: Roy 20 B XX, fol. 47 verso.
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Meeting of Alexander the Great and the amazons, 1400-1425. Alexander and his sol...

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...

Dante and Apollo, first half 15th.On the left Dante,dressed in blue, kneels in a meadow before Apollo who holds towards him a laurel crown in each hand. Apollo is dressed in a classic military costume, crowned with a golden laurel and stands on a black raven. To his side is a laurel tree, behind him the two peaks of Parnassus above which are the nine muses emerging from a cloud. To the right stands Marsyas,playing a flute. In the foreground lies the flayed Marsyas, paler and marked with blood. From a copy of Dante's "Divina Comedia" . Made for Alphonso V, King of Aragon,Naples and Sicily. ID Y.T.36 fol.129
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Dante and Apollo, first half 15th.On the left Dante,dressed in blue, kneels in a...

Agamemnon and Achilles, around 1500. King Agamemnon is at council in his tent. He and his men wear armour and ermine-trimmed robes. On the left a gold statue of a god. Achilles is in bed in a tent behind. Fom the Troy Book and the Story of Thebes by John Lydgate. ID:Roy 18 D II fol.95
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Agamemnon and Achilles, around 1500. King Agamemnon is at council in his tent. H...

Adrastus reconciles Polynices and Tydeus, around 1500. The two young men kneel in suits of armour, in front of Adrastus, with their respective coats of arms on their shoulders. From the Troy Book and the Story of Thebes, by John Lydgate.
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Adrastus reconciles Polynices and Tydeus, around 1500. The two young men kneel...

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...