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June 24 is and here is one of my favourite objects brought to life: 'Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium' by Maria Sibylla Merian

Credit for gif: Richard Naples via competition 2014, using source material from

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2018-06-24

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) Naturalist, Entymologist and Botanical Illustrator

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2018-06-15

I just made this picture of my NB bbs! Jake, Sebs, and Circe! There's also Sibyl, who is a main character of Power Pills! And Tyler for The Valerine Manor, who Maya and I rescued from my friend because he wanted to kill him off in his own story >:(

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2018-06-10

Enter the magical world of Sibylle von Olfers and meet her beautiful butterfly children! https://t.co/QbD3PpTBB7

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2018-06-03

Today we're celebrating with the wonderful Sibylle von Olfers. What's your favourite? Snow children, root children, wind children or butterfly children? https://t.co/j6YdyIZD6w

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2018-06-01

Today we're celebrating with the wonderful Sibylle von Olfers. What's your favourite? Snow children, root children, wind children or butterfly children? https://t.co/7abn3ld2CJ

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2018-06-01

Various European depictions of Agrippine, Libyan, and Egyptian Sibyls c. 1500-1700. https://t.co/NEZjRbpHiz

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2018-06-01

Moi, j’ai très beaucoup bien aimé !
RAT & LES ANIMAUX MOCHES
Sibylline / Jérôme d'Aviau / Capucine
Chez
Pouce moche en l’air !

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2018-05-28

"She could tell...at any distance how the affairs of the world went..."

"She is regarded as one of the prophetesses by several doctors of the Roman Church..."

On the "sibyl" of Córdoba: https://t.co/HfI5TgwaQW

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2018-05-15

Maria Sibylla Merian created gorgeous scientific illustrations--like this one featuring guava & a tiger butterfly. Linnaeus used her images to help inform his work, but her legacy is comparably unknown to his. Our new YA bio explores her life and art: https://t.co/cS81MmsMaf

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2018-04-27

The genius of Maria Sibylla Merian. Artist and Scientist.

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2018-04-06

Naturalista, exploradora y una de las pioneras de la entomología moderna, así era Maria Sibylla Merian: https://t.co/BK2yoc8Kys (via )

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2018-04-03

Maria Sibylla Merian is remembered as one of the most significant contributors to the field of entomology. For explore her work in "Der rupsen begin", Pt. 3 (1717), in via : https://t.co/3uM0f2P9eD

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2018-03-30

A major "winter" storm is hitting DC on today, the But fear not! The pages of Maria Sibylla Merian's "De Europischen Insecten" (1730) is abuzz with spring blooms! Check it out in https://t.co/Endn6XVhjC

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2018-03-21

«Maria Sibylla Merian: entomóloga, ecóloga y expedicionaria de los siglos XVII y XVIII» por Andrea García | Ilustra Belén Moreno

https://t.co/s5dtjRbn10

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2018-03-19

The Persian Sibyl (1511) from Michelangelo Buonarroti on

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2018-03-19

Maria Sibylla Merian provides today's related with her "De Europischen Insecten" (1730). Find this one scanned in https://t.co/kSHx3eC3j1
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We have more posts about Merian on : https://t.co/HTOJL1I2kw

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2018-03-15

Maria Sibylla Merian was among the first entomologists. She is most famous for illustrating the metamorphosis of the butterfly, and classified a large number of new insect species

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2018-03-09

Great woman artist !
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 – 1717) was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. Merian was one of the first naturalists to observe insects directly.https://t.co/G7boKXuAjo

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2018-03-09

Celebrate by exploring illustrations from the collection by in our "Women Illustrators in Natural History" Collection: https://t.co/esVjqFH6bi

here by Maria Sibylla Merian via : https://t.co/RTuRNzLlSk

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2018-03-07