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The winning sand sculpture of 2019’s Texas Sand Sculpture Festival (Texas Sandfest)
l-Ǧāḥiẓ, Kitāb al-ḥayawān (Book of the animals), Syria, 15th C
Jusepe de Ribera, A Bat and Two Human Ears with the motto ‘Fuget Semper Virtus’, 17th century
William Nicholson, from 'The Velveteen Rabbit' by Margery Williams, 1922.
Bat from the medieval bestiary, Liber de natura bestiarum, England after 1236. British Library, Harley 3244, fol. 55
Detail of the bronze stairway, Château de Chantilly. Photographer and date unknown