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| Image title: | Manticore |
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| Source: | Jonstonus, Joannes: “A description of the nature of four-footed beasts” (1678) |
| Place shown: | none |
| Keywords: | mythical creatures, animals, greyscale |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested Please do not redistribute without permission, since running this site is expensive. |
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This picture of a Manticore was engraved in brass and included in the 1678 edition of this book. It is taken from Tab. LII. The Manticore, or Martigora was described by Pliny and Aristotle as a creature with the face and ears of a human, with grey eyes and a red body; a tail with a sting like that of a scorpion, and being the size of a lion, and with a lion’s paws, a triple row of teeth and an appetite for human flesh. |
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| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/-/pages/0235-c-Martigora-engraving/ |
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