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Army Of The Apocalypse (Revelation 9:15-19) from the ‘The Welles Apocalypse’, England ca. 1310. Collection: BL, Royal 15 D II, fol. 143r.

Carved siltstone figure inlaid with beads, from Naqada in Egypt. Date: c. 3600-3500 BC, now housed at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology It was excavated at Naqada by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie.

15-Daphne:

Daphne is a type of minor goddess known as a naiad. She is beloved by Apollo and is chased by him. During the pursuit, Daphne asks her father, a god named Peneus, to help, and he transforms her into a laurel tree.

12-Oracle of Delphi:

The Oracle of Delphi was a real person. She was a priestess of Apollo who resided in the Greek city of Delphi. According to Greek religious beliefs, the Oracle of Delphi was blessed by Apollo with the gift of prophecy.

Octopus by Ulisse Aldrovandi, Animali, vol 4,16th century. Watercolor. Collection: Universita di Bologna.

The Holy Heart of Jesus and the Five Wounds of Christ's Love (1521), a woodcut by Sigmund Grimm.

Detail, The Baleful Head (1885) by Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898).

Owl dressed as a pilgrim with hat and drinking bottle. Standing on one leg, staff in the other leg. By Monogrammist MH (graveur), c. 1540. Collection: Rijksmuseum.

Hedgehog. Detail from the Historia Plantarum, Lombardy ca. 1395-1400. Collection: Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms. 459, fol. 97r.