Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Iconography: [Ico753] Mis-shapen animals; monsters
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ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T5117]Tabl. VII (1. Aries Cretensis Striptocerus / 2. Aries sine Cornibus & cauda / 3. Aries Reflexis & conVolutis cornibus / 4. Ouis Insulce Madagascar / 5. Agnus natus duobus Capitibus et quinque pedibus / 6. Agnus Capite Suillo / 7. Agnus pedibus Equinis & capite Simice / 8. Agnus Triceps / 9. Agnus Niger dorso duplici conjuncto pedibus octo). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Ulyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis, Quadrupedum omnium bisulcorum Historia ..., Frankfurt am Main: Caspar Rotelius (printer), Johann David Zunner (publisher), 1647 (Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek), p. 189 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T51878]Six-legged Catkin (Felis foemina hexapus cum Ælurogono, idest buglossa). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis De Qvadrvpedib[us] Digitatis Viviparis Libri Tres ..., Bologna: Nicolò Tebaldini (printer), Marco Antonio Bernia (publisher), Bartolomeo Ambrosini (publisher), 1645 (Warsaw, BN), p. 579 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T5116]Tabl. VI (2. Aries Tricornis / 1. Aeies Sexcornis / 4. Aries Hirsutus / 3. Ventres Agni Aperti / 7. Aries Indicus / 5. Aries Hirsutus Capite & pedibus nigris). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Ulyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis, Quadrupedum omnium bisulcorum Historia ..., Frankfurt am Main: Caspar Rotelius (printer), Johann David Zunner (publisher), 1647 (Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek), p. 164 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T5113]Tabl. III (1. Vitulus Biceps duplici facie / 2. Vitulus duobus Tandum posterioribus pedibus / 3. Bosin Cervice Cornu gerens / 4. Vitulus quodam modo Bicorporeus / 5. Monstrum Bicorporeum erectum quinque auribus / 6. Vitulus agnina facie / 7. Bos cruribus brevibus instar nani / 8. Caput bovis Antiquissimum Romae usitatum / 9. Bos bicornis. In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Ulyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis, Quadrupedum omnium bisulcorum Historia ..., Frankfurt am Main: Caspar Rotelius (printer), Johann David Zunner (publisher), 1647 (Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek), p. 56 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T5112]Tab. II (1. Vitulus Biceps Saturoe natus / 2. Tauri Caput in Alsatia Visum / 3. Vituli Biceps Mediolani natus / 4. Caput Vituli geminum / 5. Aliud Caput geminum / 6. Vitulus Oculis naribus & auribus humanis / 7. Vitulus Septibes / 8. Bos quinque pedibus Basileoe Rauracorum A.D. 1551 Visus / 9. Vitulus sextipes). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Ulyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis, Quadrupedum omnium bisulcorum Historia ..., Frankfurt am Main: Caspar Rotelius (printer), Johann David Zunner (publisher), 1647 (Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek), p. 54 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T72583]Two-headed calf born in April 1624 (Vitulus monstrosus biceps). In Johann Faber, Ioannis Fabri Lyncei Bambergensis ... Animalia Mexicana ..., Rome: Giacomo Mascardi (printer), 1628 (London, BL), p. 626 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T32195]Cristoforo Coriolano (blockcutter), Agnus ore trigemino. In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis Qvadrvpedvm Omniv[m] Bisvlcorv[m] Historia ..., Bologna: Giovanni Battista Ferroni (printer), Marco Antonio Bernia (publisher), 1641 - 1642 (Augsburg, SSB), p. 460 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T32205]Cristoforo Coriolano (blockcutter), Two hybrids. In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis Qvadrvpedvm Omniv[m] Bisvlcorv[m] Historia ..., Bologna: Giovanni Battista Ferroni (printer), Marco Antonio Bernia (publisher), 1641 - 1642 (Augsburg, SSB), p. 459 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T4652]Cristoforo Coriolano (blockcutter), Two hybrids. In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis Qvadrvpedvm Omniv[m] Bisvlcorv[m] historia ..., Bologna: Sebastiano Bonomi (printer), Geronimo Tamburini (publisher), 1621 (Rome, BNCR), p. 459printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T56575]Johann Theodor de Bry (printmaker), Calf with seven legs and two dog heads and the Monk Calf of Freiberg. In Johann Georg Schenk von Grafenberg, Monstrorvm Historia Memorabilis ..., Frankfurt am Main: Matthäus Becker (printer), 1609 (Los Angeles, CA, Getty Research Institute), p. 109 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T53926]Tabula I. In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis De Qvadrvpedibvs Solidipedibvs Volumen Integrum ..., Frankfurt am Main: Johann Hofer (printer), 1623 (Freiburg im Breisgau, UB) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T51876]Cristoforo Coriolano (printmaker), Cat with deformed paws (Felis pedibus horrendis). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis De Qvadrvpedib[us] Digitatis Viviparis Libri Tres ..., Bologna: Nicolò Tebaldini (printer), Marco Antonio Bernia (publisher), Bartolomeo Ambrosini (publisher), 1645 (Warsaw, BN), p. 578 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T50479]Conjoined piglets born near near Königsberg (back view). In Diß Monstrum ist auff Natange[n] ym Lanndt zu Preussenn zwo meyl von Königßbergk ... geporn worden von einem Schwein, Nuremberg: Niclas Meldeman (printer), ca 1531 (Gotha, Schloss Friedenstein) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, stencil colouringpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T50478]Conjoined piglets born near near Königsberg (front view). In Diß Monstrum ist auff Natange[n] ym Lanndt zu Preussenn zwo meyl von Königßbergk ... geporn worden von einem Schwein, Nuremberg: Niclas Meldeman (printer), ca 1531 (Gotha, Schloss Friedenstein) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, stencil colouringpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T50477]Conjoined piglets born near near Königsberg (back view). In Diß Monstrum ist auff Natange[n] ym Lanndt zu Preussenn zwo meyl von Königßbergk ... geporn worden von einem Schwein (This horryble monster is cast of a Sowe in Eestlande in Pruse two myle from Kunyngbergh / This horryble monster is cast of a Sowe in Eestlande in Pruse two myle from Kunyngbergh, London: Peter Treveris (printer), ca 1531 (London, BM) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, stencil colouringpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T50476]Conjoined piglets born near near Königsberg (front view). In Diß Monstrum ist auff Natange[n] ym Lanndt zu Preussenn zwo meyl von Königßbergk ... geporn worden von einem Schwein (This horryble monster is cast of a Sowe in Eestlande in Pruse two myle from Kunyngbergh / This horryble monster is cast of a Sowe in Eestlande in Pruse two myle from Kunyngbergh, London: Peter Treveris (printer), ca 1531 (London, BM) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, stencil colouringpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T47846]Pylosus. In Viellerley wu[n]derbarlicher Thier des Erdtrichs Mehrs vnd des Luffts allen anfahenden Malern vnd Goldtschmieden nuetzlich Sampt andern Kuenstnern, Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1546 (Munich, BSB), fol. A3r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T47849]Monster II. In Viellerley wu[n]derbarlicher Thier des Erdtrichs Mehrs vnd des Luffts allen anfahenden Malern vnd Goldtschmieden nuetzlich Sampt andern Kuenstnern, Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1546 (Munich, BSB), fol. A2r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T47755]Monster I. In Viellerley wu[n]derbarlicher Thier des Erdtrichs Mehrs vnd des Luffts allen anfahenden Malern vnd Goldtschmieden nuetzlich Sampt andern Kuenstnern, Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1546 (Munich, BSB), fol. A2r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T5470]Cristoforo Coriolano (blockcutter), Pullus facie humana. In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis De Qvadrvpedibvs Solidipedibvs ..., Bologna: Vittorio Benacci (printer), Geronimo Tamburini (publisher), 1616 (Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), p. 120 [131] ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration