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The radiating sun. Carte astronomique de l'Univers. 1878. Map detail.
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16th-century artillery manuals demonstrating how to use cats and birds to set fire to besieged cities
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Airavatra, Indra´s elephant, Swaminarayan Akshardham - Gajendra Peeth
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It’s been a while since we checked in on how the Renaissance is doing with its ocean mysteries, so here is a marine biology update circa 1550.
Seals come in two forms:
Buff

& Triangular

Walruses are horrifying

But whales are worse


Fish can have human faces

but not always where you’d expect

As for the rest






… it’s probably better left alone.
[All images except chest face fish from Historiae animalium liber IV : De piscium & aquatilium animantium natura. Chest face fish from The noble lyfe & natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen]
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Parmigianino
Detail of Bow-carving Amor 1534/1535
Collection Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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