Drawings of the seventeen monstrous races, 1172. Creator: Unknown.

Drawings of the seventeen monstrous races, 1172.  Creator: Unknown.

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Drawings of the seventeen monstrous races, 1172. Bizarre creatures including giants, pygmies, blemmyae and donestre. Human-like beings, some with animal heads, others with hooves, faces in their chests, or enormous feet. Medieval Europeans imagined the inhabitants of distant lands must be exotic and bizarre. From the Arnstein Bible.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Lunandus: German: Author, writer, scribe, monk

Picture Type
  1. Manuscript

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Mythology

People Other

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3428x5091
File Size : 51,129kb


Aliases

  1. Shelfmark ID: Harl.2799.
  1. 1280000274
  1. 3-056-762
  1. 3056762


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