For St. George's Day, here are 10 artworks showing the slaying of the Dragon. Which is your favourite?
u/lunamemento — 1 day ago
r/MedievalCreatures
The beaver is hunted for its testicles, which are valued for making medicine. When the beaver sees that it cannot escape from the hunter, it bites them off and throws them to the hunter, who then stops pursuing the beaver (The Ashmole Bestiary, circa. 12th Century )
u/1O218 — 3 days ago
"Marjorie, wake up, the baby is flying again"
u/lunamemento — 4 days ago
Illustration from a 1459 German fencing manual (MS Thott.290.2º)
u/1O218 — 5 days ago
I hope you're having a better day than St. Anthony
u/lunamemento — 6 days ago
"You might be wondering how this happened"
u/Substantial_Ocelot50 — 6 days ago
Can you guess what this animal is supposed to be?
u/1O218 — 7 days ago
Albrecht Dürer - The Rhineceros (1515)
u/Existing-Sink-1462 — 7 days ago
when you discover why he only had head shots on his tinder profile
u/lunamemento — 9 days ago
This is a Monocerus. A fierce beast with a single long horn
u/1O218 — 12 days ago
Olympias and Nectanebus (in the form of a half-ram half-dragon). Conception of Alexander the Great, circa. 1370-1380
u/1O218 — 11 days ago
The zodiac sign for Scorpio as depicted in a 1480 French Book of Hours
u/1O218 — 15 days ago
This illustration from the Rochester Bestiary (c. 1230) shows a unicorn that has been subdued by a young maiden, allowing for its capture.
u/1O218 — 13 days ago
Chameleon from a Bestiary ca. 1225-50 - MS. Bodley 764, folio 27r
u/emilos260 — 14 days ago