Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Iconography: [Ico753] Mis-shapen animals; monsters and narrower iconographies
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ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T46737]Harpy (Dracopopodis). In Albertus Magnus, Thierbuch Alberti Magni ..., Walther Hermann Ryff (translator), Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1545 (Munich, BSB), fol. Z5r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T18888]Coat of arms of Konrad von Jungingen. In Kaspar Henneberger, Kurtze vnd einfeltige Beschreibung aller Hohemeister Deutsches Ordens S. Mariae des Hospitals zu Jerusalem ..., Königsberg: Georg Osterberger (printer), 1584 (Munich, BSB), fol. Gg4r ◼printing: impressionpage: figurehand colouring, woodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T90249]Clara the Rhinoceros (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum) ◼printing: impressionsingle piece: broadsideetching, engravingpaper
[T90230]Rhinoceroses and an Indian Ruler Giving Audience from His Elephant (The Rhinoceros as described by the ancients, The Rhinoceros drawn from the life, An Indian Monarch giving audience from his Elephant). In Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca, or, A complete collection of voyages and travels, John Harris (compiler), 1744 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureetchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T90066]Tab. LXV (Lepus, Lepus cornutus, Cuniculus porcellus Indicus, Cuniculus). In Henricus Ruysch, Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium Piscium, Avium, Quadrupedum, Exanguium, Aquaticorum, Insectorum, Et Angium, CCLX, Tabulis Ornatum, Amsterdam: 1718 (Vienna, ÖNB) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T90100]Tab. XXXVIII: Rhinoceros (RHINOCEROS). In Henricus Ruysch, Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium Piscium, Avium, Quadrupedum, Exanguium, Aquaticorum, Insectorum, Et Angium, CCLX, Tabulis Ornatum, Amsterdam: 1718 (Vienna, ÖNB) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T90085]Tab. XXVII (Rupicapra / Hircus/ Caper Mumon dictus Bubalus Cerus Aldr[ovandi] / Dama Veterum / Hircus Cotilardicus / Culor). In Henricus Ruysch, Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium Piscium, Avium, Quadrupedum, Exanguium, Aquaticorum, Insectorum, Et Angium, CCLX, Tabulis Ornatum, Amsterdam: 1718 (Vienna, ÖNB) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T90084]Tab. XI: Onager and Unicorns (Onager Aldro[vandi] / Monoceros seu Unicornu Iubatus / Monoceros seu Unicornu aliud). In Henricus Ruysch, Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium Piscium, Avium, Quadrupedum, Exanguium, Aquaticorum, Insectorum, Et Angium, CCLX, Tabulis Ornatum, Amsterdam: 1718 (Vienna, ÖNB) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T90031]Tab. X: Unicorns (Monoceros Unicornu / Capricornus Marinus / Monoceros Unicornu). In Henricus Ruysch, Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium Piscium, Avium, Quadrupedum, Exanguium, Aquaticorum, Insectorum, Et Angium, CCLX, Tabulis Ornatum, Amsterdam: 1718 (Vienna, ÖNB) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T89999]Tab. LXV (Lepus, Lepus cornutus, Cuniculus porcellus Indicus, Cuniculus). In Jan Jonston, Historiae Naturalis De Quadrupedibus Libri. Cum aeneis figuris ..., Amsterdam: Jan Janszoon Schipper (printer), 1657 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T9115]Monstrum leoninum. In Gvlielmi Rondeletii ... Libri de Piscibus Marinis, in quibus verae Piscium effigies expressae sunt ..., Lyon: Macé Bonhomme (printer), 1554 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries), p. 491 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T9135]Monstrum leoninum (De monstro leonino Rondeletius). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Liber IIII: qui est de Piscium & Aquatilium animantium natura, Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1558 (Warsaw, BN), p. 558 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T87033]Horned Hare Head. In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Heidelberg: Andreas Cambier (printer), Johann Lancelot (printer), 1606 (London, BL), p. 64 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T6056]Le portraict du Bison selon la description de Cesar. In Gaius Iulius Caesar, Les Commentaires De Cesar Des Gverres De La Gavle ..., Blaise de Vigenère (translator), Paris: Nicolas Chesneau (printer), 1576 (Vienna, ÖNB), p. 229 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T88942]Horned hare head. In Conrad Gessner, Conr. Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1620 (Poznań, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka), p. 634printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T88941]Horned hare skull. In Conrad Gessner, Conr. Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1620 (Poznań, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka), p. 634printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T88935]Young Woman Milking a Reindeer. In Conrad Gessner, Conr. Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1620 (Poznań, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka), p. 839printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T88915]Unicorn (Monoceros). In Conrad Gessner, Conr. Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1620 (Poznań, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka), p. 689printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T88895]Rhinoceros. In Conrad Gessner, Conr. Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1620 (Poznań, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka), p. 843printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T88781]Papal Ass (Papstesel). In Philip Melanchthon, Martin Luther, Title Deuttung der czwo grewlichen Figuren Bapstesels czu Rom vnd Munchkalbs czu Freyberg ynn Meysßen funden, Wrocław: Adam Dyon (printer attr.), 1523 (Bern, Universitätsbibliothek), fol. A1v ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration