Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Things – [Ico4635] Disabilities, deformations and monstrosities; diseases
ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T31778] Panotti and Pygmy. In Marcin Bielski, Kronika tho iesth Historya swiata na sześć wiekow a cztery monarchie rozdzielona ..., Cracow: Mateusz Siebeneicher (printer), 1564 (Warsaw, MNW), fol. 444r printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T4505] Title page of Jonston's Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus ed. Schipper. In Jan Jonston, Historiae Naturalis De Quadrupedibus Libri. Cum aeneis figuris ..., Amsterdam: Jan Janszoon Schipper (printer), 1657 (Washington, Smithsonian Libraries), fol. A1r printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: title page
[T6536] Monster born in Prussia in 1591. In Kaspar Henneberger, Ercleru[n]g der Preussischen grössern Landtaffel oder Mappen ..., Königsberg: Georg Osterberger (printer), 1595 (Munich, BSB), p. 187 [recte: 197] printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T6534] Monster born in Königsberg in 1570. In Kaspar Henneberger, Ercleru[n]g der Preussischen grössern Landtaffel oder Mappen ..., Königsberg: Georg Osterberger (printer), 1595 (Munich, BSB), p. 188 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T10539] Cynocephalus Holding a Club and a Rabbit. In Manuel Philes, Τοῦ σοφωτάτου Μανουηλου τοῦ Φιλη στίχοι ἰαμβικοὶ πρὸσ τὸν αὐτοκράτορα μιχαὴλ τὸν παλαιολόγον περὶ τῆς τῶν ζώων ἰδιότητος, manuscript (Oxford, Bodleian Library), fol. 30r drawing page: figure pen, washes paper
[T3206] Warning Against False Prophets. In Martin Luther, Simplex Et Pia Evangeliorum ... explicatio ..., Michael Roting (translator), Nuremberg: Johann vom Berg (printer), Ulrich Neuber (printer), 1545 (Munich, BSB), fol. CXLIIII printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T3990] Panotti and Pygmy. In Marcin Bielski, Kronika tho iesth Historya swiata na sześć wiekow a cztery monarchie rozdzielona ..., Cracow: Mateusz Siebeneicher (printer), 1564 (Cracow, MNK, BCzart), fol. 446r printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T19181] Coat of arms of Ludolf König von Wattzau. In Chronica. Kurtzer Auszug der Preussischen Chronicken ..., Königsberg: Hans Daubmann (printer), 1567 (Kórnik, BK PAN), fol. S2 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T33471] Printer's device of Hermann Gülfferich - a Wild Man. In Martin Luther, Catechismus Für die gemeine Pfarrherr und Prediger ..., Frankfurt am Main: Hermann Gülfferich (printer), 1553 (Munich, BSB) printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: colophon
[T9060] Bishop-fish. In Ambroise Paré, Deux Livres De Chirvrgie, I. De la generatio[n] de l’homme... 2. Des monstres tant terrestres que marins ..., Paris: André Wechel (printer), 1573 (Paris, Bibliothèques d'Université Paris Cité - Bibliothèque numérique Medica), p. 548 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T19285] Monk Calf of Freiberg (Figure d'un monstre hideux ayant les pieds de veau). In Ambroise Paré, Les Oevvres de M. Ambroise Paré Conseiller, Et Premier Chirvrgien Dv Roy ..., Paris: Gabriel Buon (printer), 1575 (Mons, Bibliothèque centrale (UMONS)), p. 819 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T8071] Hans Brosamer (printmaker), Printer's Device of Hermann Gülfferich. In Hortvlvs Animae Lustgarten der Seelen, Mit schönen lieblichen Figuren Sampt einem newen Kalender vnd Passional Jhesu Christi, Frankfurt am Main: Hermann Gülfferich (printer), 1548 (Vienna, ÖNB) printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: colophon
[T6801] Johann Theodor de Bry (printmaker), Monk Calf and Cracow Monster. In Johann Georg Schenk von Grafenberg, Monstrorvm Historia Memorabilis ..., Frankfurt am Main: Matthäus Becker (printer), 1609 (Los Angeles, CA, Getty Research Institute), p. 89 printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T6801] Johann Theodor de Bry (printmaker), Monk Calf and Cracow Monster. In Johann Georg Schenk von Grafenberg, Monstrorvm Historia Memorabilis ..., Frankfurt am Main: Matthäus Becker (printer), 1609 (Los Angeles, CA, Getty Research Institute), p. 89 printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T21151] Warning Against False Prophets. In Georg Rhau, Hortvlvs Animae. Lustgarten der Seelen. Mit schönen lieblichen figuren, Nuremberg: Johann vom Berg (printer), Ulrich Neuber (printer), 1548 (Munich, BSB), fol. T7v printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T17666] Initial H(Ie gehet). In Veit Dietrich, Esaias. Der gantz Prophet Außgelegt durch Vitum Dietrich ..., Nuremberg: Hans Daubmann (printer), 1550 (Halle, ULB), fol. X7r printing: impression page: initial woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T9083] Sea Monk. In Pierre Belon, Petri Bellonii Cenomani De aquatilibus Libri duo ..., Paris: Charles Estienne (printer), 1553 (Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library), p. 38 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T10965] Panotti and Pygmy. In Marcin Bielski, Kronika tho iesth Historya Swiata, na szesc wiekow, a czterzy Monarchie rozdzielona ..., Cracow: Hieronim Szarfenberg (printer), 1554 (Warsaw, BUW, St.Dr.), fol. 310r printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T17575] Initial V(ater) - a bearded man. In Caspar Huberinus, Der Catechismus mit viel schönen sprüchen der heiligen schrifft gegründet..., Nuremberg: Hans Daubmann (printer), 1549 (Jena, ThULB), fol. 4r printing: impression page: initial woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T6799] Three Monsters. In Fortunio Liceti, De Monstrorvm Cavssis, Natvra, Et Differentiis Libri Dvo ..., Padua: Varisco Varisco (printer), Paolo Frambotto (printer), 1634 (Los Angeles, CA, Getty Research Institute), p. 256 printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration