Well in Ethiopia and a Sciapod from BL Royal 17 C XXXVIII, f. 36v
Marginal miniature of the well in Ethiopia with an inscription reading, 'a well', and a miniature of a Sciapod, with an inscription reading, 'a man wiÞ oon foot'. Image taken from f. 36v of Travels (index Itine... More
Gothic Srchitecture: Gravure.Sebastien.Munster, France
Public domain scan of technical drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gothic Srchitecture: Sculpture.dialectique.cathedrale.Sens, France
Public domain scan of technical drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Antipode; Scinopode; Coastal Ethiopian; Psalmlarus - Google Art Projec...
"Antipode" (shown with feet pointing backwards); "Scinopode" (Sciapod"); "Coastal Ethiopian" with four eyes; "Psalmlarus". From Mirabilia Mundi, a section on the monstrous races of humans based on Pliny the E... More
Fr. 2810 Tav. 29v, illuminated manuscript
Italiano: Livre de merveilles Fr. 2810 Tav. 29v (dettaglio) "La gente sono chiamate Mecricci, e sono salvatica gente; egli vivono di bestie e ’l piú di cerbi. È sono al Grande Kane. Egli non ànno biade né vino;... More
Thomas-de-Kent-Bnf-fr24364-fol60v - gog-et-magog-et-sciapode
Sciapod, one-legged, on his back; with two naked men standing erect. (Mandragore)
Sebastian Münster, Illustrations of monstrous humans from Cosmographia...
An engraving showing (from left to right) a monopod or sciapod, a female cyclops, conjoined twins, a blemmye, and a cynocephaly.
Codex Bodmer 127 244r detail Rufillus
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 127 (Weißenauer Passional), fol. 244r, Detail: Initiale R mit Selbstportrait des Illuminators Fr. Rufillus
Nuremberg chronicles - Strange People - Umbrella Foot (XIIr)
Deutsch: Holzschnitt aus der Schedel'schen Weltchronik, Blatt 12 recto English: Woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle
Gothems kyrka - KMB - 16000200019854
Notera Av dokumentationsskäl har originalbeskrivningen från Riksantikvarieämbetet behållits. Tillrättalägganden och alternativa beskrivningar bör införas separat från nedanstående information.Felaktigheter kan ... More
Page 46 of Story of geographical discovery (Jacobs)
Illustraion from raw scan of The story of geographical discovery: how the world became known Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916 New York : D. Appleton The description in that work states: "Geographical Monsters (from ... More
Mandeville 1499
Deutsch: Here begynneth a lytell treatyse or booke named Johan Mau[n]deuyll knyght born in Englonde in the towne of saynt Albone (1499) Bild aus dem englischen Frühdruck des Jahres 1499, Äthiopien und Indien,... More
Sciapode
Sciapod on margin of "Heures à l'usage des Antonins"