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LEPUS CORNUTUS The 'horned hair' was first described in Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium, Zurich, 1551-87. This led to the animal being included in many other important works of natural history. The Jackalope and Wolpertinger are other examples

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2020-06-02

🐞 Delectus animalium articulatorum:
Monachii: Impensis Editoris, 1830-1834.
https://t.co/g48XmXBtj2

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2020-04-29

🐞 Delectus animalium articulatorum:
Monachii: Impensis Editoris, 1830-1834.
https://t.co/6r7nZMj8MW

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2020-03-28

A cockatrice is a mythical beast, a two-legged dragon or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head.

1. The basilisk and the weasel, by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (1567)
2. Coats of arms of Basel (circa 1515)
3. Heraldic cockatrice
4. Historiae animalium ( 1546-1558)

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2020-03-25

For of my favorite images from Historia Animalium (1595)

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2020-03-17

🐞 Delectus animalium articulatorum:
Monachii: Impensis Editoris, 1830-1834.
https://t.co/enkyoISfKc

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2020-03-02

Beautiful Monster: "Man-fish, about the size of a boy." - Conrad Gessner, Historia Animalium, 1604.

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2019-11-09

🦇𝙑𝙀𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙄𝙇𝙄𝙊 ~ 𝘽𝘼𝙏🦇

i’ve wanted to do a spiritus animalium fanart for a while so i finally did my favorite song! i tried to replicate the hair and makeup to the best of my ability... anyways, enjoy!!!

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2019-10-25

De Natura animalium, Cambrai ~ ca.1270

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2019-06-28

The Historiae Animalium (“Accounts of Animals” 1551-1558) is a 4,500-page encyclopaedia. In it, Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner attempted to list & describe all the world’s animals. He netted some mythical creatures along the way. Nonetheless the book marks the birth of zoology

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2019-06-14

16th century Ocean (Mola mola). from Ippolito Salviani, Aquatilium animalium historiae, liber primus (1554-58). View more in https://t.co/jyFQVoaJwa --

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2018-02-16

Woodcut depicting a pack of hunting dogs, from the ‘quadruped’ volume of Conrad Gessner’s Historia animalium (Zurich, 1551-1587)

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2017-03-07

Land-dwellers

British Library, Burney MS 97, Manuel Philes, De animalium proprietate (Greed) (1566).

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2017-03-07

"A lovely book to dip into". Read 's great review of the beautiful Animalium here: http://t.co/XTWa9EL2Cc

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2015-03-02

Behold the magnificent wonder that is 'Animalium' Watch the trailer here http://t.co/V7hbKRi2Mq cc

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2014-08-20