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Page 67. Heaven and Earth.Buch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

Heaven, Earth, and intermediate spheres (or layers) of the skies. The moon looks depressed.

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Page 113. Four Footed Beasts.Buch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

Cow and camel, Elk and Elephant (or is that a unicorn on the right?), lion and horse, rabbit and hound!

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Keywords: animals, paintings, colour

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Page 151. Birds of the Air.Buch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

Eagle and duck, peacock and rooster, jackdaw and goose! (what else?)

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Keywords: birds, paintings, colour

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Strange and Fantastical CreaturesBuch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

I cannot read the text (it’s in mediæval German), so these descriptions are arbitrary; I’d welcome better descriptions. Duck with head of dog Sea-lion? Winged two-legged horse strange clawed bull-like [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, paintings, colour, drolleries

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Added: 2012-02-13

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Winged Mermaid from p. 199 rectoBuch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

A fifteenth-century drawing of a mermaid with wings (and breast) taken from fol. 199r of a (somewhat dubious) textbook on natural history. The mermaid has the trunk and head of a woman, the tail of a [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, mermaids, paintings, colour, drolleries, drawings, sketches

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Page 395. Herodotus peopleBuch der Natur [Book of Nature] (1481)

A fire in the background, with smoke; a woman in mediaeval dress drinks a cup of coffee froma styofoam cup; nine naked people wander around. These are the people described by the “historian” Herodotus [...]

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