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13th c. monk looking very nonplussed about a sea monster in Harley MS 3244 @britishlibrary. https://t.co/vWb5F0vgzn
@JesseMLocker @amayor Darwin's kids' drawings are also great: https://t.co/XHV0fpZUcR
Elephant vs. Rhino, from Paré's book on the medicinal virtues of mummy and unicorn (1582). https://t.co/QeFTp1H59h
Thomas Rowlandson, "Death and the Apothecary," 1816. https://t.co/MbD7ESJYst
I also love this detail of a man purged of his "foolish humours," visualized as actual court jester-style fools.
A web-footed "Spiritus" (spirit) grabs a baby "Anima" (soul) on a grape vine, c. 1570. http://t.co/cWAZMo2vpR
Abena Dove Osseo-Asare's "Bitter Roots" might be my favorite history book cover ever.
Sailors climbing the rigging in an amazingly detailed 1521 Portuguese painting of a fleet. http://t.co/B4SLcnBbSk
"Archibald Armstrong (died 1672), court jester… first distinguished himself as a sheep-stealer."
Just remembered Apple's AOL knock-off "eWorld" (1994-1996). Talk about skeumorphic design. http://t.co/JBLszCOzLZ