Items matching mythical creatures (results page 1)

Dragon!Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

An heraldic dragon from the Geneva Bible New Testament Title Page.

Keywords: dragons, heraldry, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-17

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Red Dragon!Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

An heraldic dragon from the Geneva Bible New Testament Title Page. I coloured this one a nice bright red. You could also start with the black-and-white dragon picture and use the Colour tab to get a r [...]

Keywords: dragons, heraldry, mythical creatures, wings, colour

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Added: 2012-06-19

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Title Page Image (detail)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A knight in armour [US: armor] rides a horse. He carries a lance, wears a sword, and fights a dragon; presumably this is St. George, patron saint of England. In the background is a castle or tower on [...]

Keywords: knights, horses, animals, people, dragons, battles, mythical creatures, armour, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-08

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Front Cover with GryphonSpécimen Album (1900)

The front cover of this typeface and engraving specimen features a gryphon (griffin) in gold, standing on the catalogue...

I also made a black and gold Victorian Goth version of this cover.

Keywords: book covers, mythical creatures, typography, colour

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Added: 2012-04-25

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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (green/brown version)Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This is the ornate decorative border from the title page of this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers [...]

Keywords: borders, cherubs, mythical creatures, flowers, colour

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Added: 2010-01-03

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Printer’s Mark: GryphonDie Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes (1884)

The printer’s mark from the title page is in the form of a winged lion with the head of a bird, en passent, one paw raised, standing on a plinth on whic is inscribed a date, MSCSL, which is, 1690, pre [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, printers marks, gryphons, greyscale

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Added: 2014-03-21

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Frontispiece: What the sun looks like when it’s asleepA Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

A small boy kneels between two trees in a dark forest; behind him is a brown house. In front of him and beneath him is a great cave, brightly lit by the sleeping sun, who has taken the formof a man ly [...]

Keywords: people, children, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, sleep, poetry, colour

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Added: 2007-08-24

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Victorian Retro-Goth Book Cover With Gryphon and Gold BorderSpécimen Album (1900)

This is a dark version of the book cover of a 1900 French catalogue of type and engravings.

Keywords: mythical creatures, victoriana, goth, borders, colour

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Added: 2012-04-26

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Frontispiece: “Yes, there he sat, on the back of the winged horse!”Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

“At length—not that he was weary, but only idle and luxurious—Pegasus folded his wings, and lay down on the soft green turf. But, being too full of aërial life to remain quiet for many moments togeth [...]

Keywords: mythology, mythical creatures, people, illustrations for children, colour

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Added: 2006-07-29

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Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Neptune and MermaidsA Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative woodcut from above the Introduction; it is not related to the text. The engraving features Neptune, the God of the Ocean; he is naked, crowned, complete with trident, and rides a chariot [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, mermaids, water, horses, transport, chapterheads, greyscale

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Added: 2007-10-10

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Goblins with bowls of fruitGoblin Market (1933)

This woodcut from the title page shows several goblins bearing fresh fruit, probably from a drawing by Arthur Rackham.

Keywords: goblins, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2010-05-10

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs cooking soupFabrica... (1543)

A Decorative initial letter “O” used as a drop cap on the first page of this famous book. The outer border around the outside of the letter “O” has oak leaves and dragons; inside the “O” we see naked [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, cherubs, children, nudity, bare feet, dragons, historiated initials, inhabited initials, borders, mythical creatures, cooking, food, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-19

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs cooking soup (coloured version)Fabrica... (1543)

This decorative initial letter “O” was used as a drop cap on the first page of the main text of the book; in this copy at Cambridge University Library, the initial has been painted in colour over the [...]

Keywords: lettero, initials, cherubs, children, historiated initials, inhabited initials, nudity, colour, dragons, mythical creatures, borders

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Added: 2014-11-28

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Decorative chapter head with styilized birds and green menSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

A decorative woodcut used above a chapter title at the start of the book. The image is a “foliate border” because it contains vines and leaves, but there are also two bird heads and two heads (in prof [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, mythical creatures, borders, birds, colour

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Added: 2013-10-20

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Satan and BeelzebubInferno: The Vision of Hell (1870)

The Victorious Avenging Angel with a spear, winged, standing barefoot on a rock, and all around him the turmoil of storm. The illustration is from the First Book of Paradise Lost: “Forthwith upright h [...]

Keywords: angels, mythical creatures, religionangels, demons, bare feet, storms, waves, wings, greyscale

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Added: 2013-10-16

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Avenging AngelInferno: The Vision of Hell (1870)

A detail from “Satan and Beelzebub” showing a Victorious Avenging Angel with a spear, winged, standing barefoot on a rock. I have isolated the angel (a cutout angel!) The illustration is from the Firs [...]

Keywords: angels, mythical creatures, bare feet, wings, greyscale

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Added: 2013-05-03

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Monoceros (Unicorn) EngravingA description of the nature of four-footed beasts (1678)

An engraving of a Monocerous, or Unicorn, on brass, from the 1678 edition of the book. It is taken from Tab. XI.

Onager Aldro
Wald Esel;

Keywords: mythical creatures, unicorns, animals, greyscale

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Added: 2007-08-08

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Unicorn with Mane (Monoceros seu Unicornu Jubatus)A description of the nature of four-footed beasts (1678)

This picture of a unicorn with a mane was engraved on brass and included in the 1678 edition of this book. It is taken from Tab. XI. Monoceros seu Unicornu Iubatus Einhorn mit mahnen. Which is, Unico [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, unicorns, animals, greyscale

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Added: 2009-11-05

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Unicorn with Mane (another one)A description of the nature of four-footed beasts (1678)

This picture of a unicorn with a mane was engraved on brass and included in the 1678 edition of this book. It is taken from Tab. XI.

Monoceros seu Unicornu aliud
Einhorn mit mahnen ein andr art.

Keywords: mythical creatures, unicorns, animals, greyscale

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Added: 2007-06-13

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Ploughing 51 B.C.Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

“Agriculture had a pretty hard start among these people, and where now the glorious fields of splendid pale and billowy oatmeal may be seen interspersed with every kind of domestic and imported fertil [...]

Keywords: people, cartoons, humour, agriculture, animals, horses, rocks, unicorns, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-28

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