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Brass aquamanile in the form of a dragon, Northern Germany, circa 1200

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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“Full fathom five…” by Edmund Dulac, from a 1915 edition of The Tempest.

From our essay by @drgregorytate on the attempts of a Victorian polymath to reconcile the languages of poetry and science: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-poetry-of-victorian-science

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Wolpertinger

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the dance of death

illustration from a manuscript of the "totentanz" by wilhelm werner von zimmern, swabia, c. 1575

source: Stuttgart, Landesbibl., Cod. Donaueschingen 123, fol. 84v

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Doing a lazier version of @mortiscausa's fantastic arthurian drawing challenge! I'm using the prompts to inspire some pencil drawings based on the Mabinogion's tale of Kilwhch and Olwen (which in turn is the basis for a book I'm working on). First up, "Quest."

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"Baba Yaga and woman-birds" by Ivan Bilibin (Russia, 1902)

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⚔️ Basilisk & Viper & Asp 🌿

A series inspired by medieval bestiaries~

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European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus). The Natural History of Insects; In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1835.

Internet Archive

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Forgotten Griffin

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Sirin by Maéna Paillet

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'Freyja & Hildisvíni' by Seb McKinnon.

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Nicole Grosjean: “Fairy Fossil”

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Thought it would be fun to do a little side-by-side comparison: day one on the left and day 25 on the right! The birds have really done a number on it!

i see no difference love is love!

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have learnt recently, that the famous Gävle goat is being eaten by birds this year 🐦🐦🐦

Happy Holidays to everyone!

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So excited to post this one! A rework of an idea from last winter ❄️