Gateway to Bestiary Tiles: Ancient and World Dragons, Medieval dragon, Folklore dragons, medieval cats and dogs, unicorns.
A dog that solves murders, a manticore with a lion’s body, human head and venomous tail, and Adam naming the animals – these are just some of the wonders you might find in a medieval bestiary. Looking at Westminster Abbey’s...
Fantastic beasts 2. Medieval tale by OlgaSoi007 on @creativemarket
Do you know your dragons? Tiles based on dragons and dragon variants: drakes, wyverns, wyrms, voivres, and basilisks from medieval manuscripts: The Liber Floridus, Harley bestiary, and others.
Fantastic beasts. Medieval tale. Set of elements and patterns in the style of medieval illustrations. The scope of application of this set is enormous and is
Dragons!! Here are some examples of the dragons from the Medieval Rotschild Machzor (Florence 1490). See also this post. Taken from the pages: 012v, 022r, 024r, 031r, 032v, 062v, 074v, 100v. Go check...
Missel à l'usage de Rodez Sainte Marie-Madeleine ; encadrement ; entrecolonnement orné ; bordure habitée ; escargot ; monstre anthropocéphale ; initiale ornée- numelyo - bibliothèque numérique de Lyon
Medieval Bestiary - Introduction to the Beasts
In ancient Greek and Roman legend the Catoblepas was a large, bull-shaped animal of Ethiopia (sub-Saharan Africa) whose downward-hanging face, when lifted, could kill with a gaze or with the fumes of its noxious breath.
collection of medieval images updated on a regular basis
Domenico Cavalca , Vite di Santi Padri . -- 1401-1500 -- manuscrits
If you thought rabbits were just cuddly bundles of fun then more fool you. For underneath that cute, furry exterior is a ruthless psychopath just twitching to wreak bloody vengeance with swords and axes. Ask any academic and they will tell you, those who fail to learn from history are cursed to repeat it. Take these panels from medieval manuscripts which clearly prove giant killer rabbits did once roam the Earth battling humans for its control—and you thought Monty Python and the Holy Grail‘s “killer bunny” was a joke? Yes, we were warned by these medieval writers...
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Book of Hours, France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
Book of Hours, France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
Today’s post concerns two topics of long-standing interest to me, and how – very oddly – they intersect. One is horror and supernatural fiction; the other
« Le Livre des hystoires du Mirouer du monde », depuis la création, jusqu'après la dictature de Quintus Cincinnatus. -- 1401-1500 -- manuscrits
We asked two scholars about the strange depictions of fauna and why they’ve become a viral phenomenon.
