Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Things – [Ico57] Fabulous animals
ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T4600] Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. XLIX (Gryps Gryphus / Hippopotamus Wasser Ochs / Hippopotamus). In Jan Jonston, Historiae Natvralis De Quadrvpetibvs Libri ..., Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printer), 1649 - 1652 (Mannheim, Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim), after p. 110 (iii) printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T4554] Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. XII Onager, Sea Wolf and Wild Goat (Onager, Lupus Marinus, Capra Sylvestris). In Jan Jonston, Historiae Natvralis De Quadrvpetibvs Libri ..., Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printer), 1649 - 1652 (Mannheim, Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim), after p. 26 printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T4561] Matthäus (II) Merian (printmaker), Title page of Jonston's Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus ed. Merian. In Jan Jonston, Historiae Natvralis De Quadrvpetibvs Libri ..., Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printer), 1649 - 1652 (Mannheim, Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim), fol. A1r printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: title page
[T4569] Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. X (Monoceros / Capricornus Marinus / Monoceros). In Jan Jonston, Historiae Natvralis De Quadrvpetibvs Libri ..., Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printer), 1649 - 1652 (Mannheim, Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim), after p. 56 (v) printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T19191] Coat of arms of Konrad von Erlichshausen. In Chronica. Kurtzer Auszug der Preussischen Chronicken ..., Königsberg: Hans Daubmann (printer), 1567 (Kórnik, BK PAN), fol. V4 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T46459] Dolphin III (Plataniste). In Albertus Magnus, Thierbuch Alberti Magni ..., Walther Hermann Ryff (translator), Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1545 (Munich, BSB), fol. V3r printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T44986] Tragelaphus head. In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1560 (Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek), p. 46 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T46456] Sea-peacock (Pauo Maris). In Albertus Magnus, Thierbuch Alberti Magni ..., Walther Hermann Ryff (translator), Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1545 (Munich, BSB), fol. V2v printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T46455] Sea Swine (Porcus Marinus). In Albertus Magnus, Thierbuch Alberti Magni ..., Walther Hermann Ryff (translator), Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1545 (Munich, BSB), fol. V2v printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T44397] Calopus. In Ortus sanitatis, Johannes de Cuba (compiler attr.), Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach (printer), 23 June 1491 (Munich, BSB), fol. 264v printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T16913] Georg Pencz (printmaker), Saturn Riding a Chariot and Genre Scenes (London, BM) printing: impression black letterpress, woodcut paper 218 348 1530 ‑ 1550 1530‑01‑01 1550‑12‑31
[T5671] Anabula. In Pier Candido Decembrio, De animantium naturis, manuscript (Vatican, BAV), fol. 9r drawing page: marginalia and borders tempera parchment book decoration: illustration
[T22244] Quarterly Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Habsburg Stripes with Crown and Supporters and Gryf Coat of Arms. In Stanisław Zaborowski, Contra Malos Diuites et Usurarios Tractatus, Cracow: Florian Ungler (printer), 10 April 1512 (Warsaw, BN), [fol. 1v] printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T5672] Alces - Ahane. In Pier Candido Decembrio, De animantium naturis, manuscript (Vatican, BAV), fol. 9v drawing page: marginalia and borders tempera parchment book decoration: illustration
[T5718] Manticora - Musquelibet. In Pier Candido Decembrio, De animantium naturis, manuscript (Vatican, BAV) drawing page: marginalia and borders tempera parchment book decoration: illustration
[T26903] Coats of Arms of the Kingdom of Poland, Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Cracow. In Petrus Roselli, Quaestiones in libros Posterioru[m] Analetico[rum] et topicoru[m] Aristotelis cum resolutio[n]e textus clarissima ad intentionem doctoris Scoti, Cracow: Florian Ungler (printer), Jan Haller (printer), 1512 - 1513 (Wrocław, Oss.) printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T5738] Tranes - Tragelaphus. In Pier Candido Decembrio, De animantium naturis, manuscript (Vatican, BAV), fol. 56v drawing page: marginalia and borders tempera parchment book decoration: illustration
[T30746] Ivan the Terrible. In Alessandro Guagnini, Kronika Sarmacyey Europskiey ..., Marcin Paszkowski (translator), Cracow: Mikołaj Lob (printer), after 1 December 1611 (Krzeszów, Opactwo Mniszek Benedyktynek w Krzeszowie (Benedictine Nuns Abbey)), p. 43 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T26655] Władysław Herman. In Alessandro Guagnini, Kronika Sarmacyey Europskiey ..., Marcin Paszkowski (translator), Cracow: Mikołaj Lob (printer), after 1 December 1611 (Wrocław, Oss.), p. 39 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T46109] Horned hare skull and head. In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1560 (Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek), p. 64 printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration