tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118155782023-11-15T05:56:06.820-08:00Memory PalimpsestA photo blog of inspirations and ideas for chimerical constructions. Favorite fragments from illuminated manuscripts, marginalia, antique book pages, classical drawings and paintings of sirens, griffins, majestic felines, fantastical birds, angels, demons, obscure beasties and other mythical creatures.Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-38043514609368622152013-12-21T17:19:00.001-08:002013-12-21T17:19:14.844-08:00Christmas scene in a 15th century manuscript (detail)<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-codices/11331793206/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5549/11331793206_cb0a2f61a1.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-codices/11331793206/">Christmas scene in a 15th century manuscript (detail)</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-codices/">e-codices</a>.</span></div><p>Manuscript title: Cistercian Gradual , Prague (Czech Republic) 15th century, Luzern, Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek</p>Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-1538324552059722282013-12-11T09:37:00.001-08:002013-12-11T09:37:44.626-08:00Merman. dressed as monk holds fish, MS Bodley 533, f 26r. Brit. Lib<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6869385640/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6037/6869385640_6589a922c6.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6869385640/">Merman. dressed as monk holds fish, MS Bodley 533, f 26r. Brit. Lib</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div><p></p>Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-35901828550110442692013-06-08T04:35:00.001-07:002013-06-08T04:35:15.612-07:00Simplicissimus<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/8958384277/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5336/8958384277_f25c815133.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/8958384277/">Grimmelshausen - Simplicissimus Cover page with "Baldanders" [1669]</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/">petrus.agricola</a>.</span></div><p> [1669]</p>Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-79646946040538976232013-06-08T04:34:00.001-07:002013-06-08T04:34:07.336-07:00AF Cambridge Trinity College Library, ms. O.2.14 Rochester Bestiary
Guillaume le clerc b<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/8975359707/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5332/8975359707_70f891c43b.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/8975359707/">AF Cambridge Trinity College Library, ms. O.2.14 Rochester Bestiary Guillaume le clerc b</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/">petrus.agricola</a>.</span></div><p></p>Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-81597078817243057352013-03-10T06:10:00.001-07:002013-03-10T06:10:29.965-07:00année du serpent<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/canecrabe/8461042939/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8461042939_5af638e392.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/canecrabe/8461042939/">année du serpent</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/canecrabe/">canecrabe</a>.</span></div><p>Chartreuse de San Lorenzo di Padula (Campanie)</p>Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-46651420085694115462012-07-25T05:34:00.000-07:002012-07-25T05:40:15.713-07:00Basilisk : Hatched from a cock’s egg.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the article <a href="http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/07/on-the-trail-of-the-warsaw-basilisk/">On the Trail of the Warsaw Basilisk</a> at The Smithsonian Institute.Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-78255131084941012852012-04-05T05:59:00.001-07:002012-04-05T06:00:29.945-07:00Turtle-doves<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6899481566/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7214/6899481566_da2ac3602e.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6899481566/">Turtle-doves. margin. Queen Mary Psalter. England 1310-20. BL</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
Queen Mary Psalter. England 1310-20Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-36027894278284746752012-04-05T05:56:00.001-07:002012-04-05T05:58:54.270-07:00Partridges<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/7045578331/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7123/7045578331_de4b395b03.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/7045578331/">Partridges. England 1310-20. detail. Queen Mary Psalter. BL</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
1310-20. detail. Queen Mary Psalter. BLAria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-28777468872733053052012-03-04T16:14:00.001-08:002012-03-04T16:21:49.664-08:00Cock Crowing<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6953391307/">Cock crowing and man and woman watch. French 14th cent. Bodl_Douce30</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
French 14th cent.Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-57548350824731298752012-02-27T13:06:00.001-08:002012-03-04T16:21:33.219-08:00Siren (Piscean)<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6787058562/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/6787058562_56329b7e80.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6787058562/">Siren. detail English 13th cent. Bestiary. bodl_Douce88</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-35807569926586036302012-02-06T18:38:00.001-08:002012-03-04T16:22:27.373-08:00St. Catherine of Alexandria, martyred.<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6669342873/">St. Catherine of Alexandria, martyred. Paris French 14th. cent.Bodl_Douce313</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
Paris French 14th. cent.Bodl_Douce313Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-71502241259879863002011-11-18T14:55:00.001-08:002011-11-19T05:45:21.890-08:00Venus rides her Chariot<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6354791777/">Venus rides her Chariot. (Roman de la Rose).French 115th cent.bodl_Douce195</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
French 115th cent.Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-90627115526023114992011-10-12T20:21:00.001-07:002011-10-13T06:33:47.996-07:00Game of Chess with Peacock and Dog<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6214855195/">Game of Chess with Peacock and Dog. detail. Flemish 1338-44. bodl_Bodl.264</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-28439850796931887522011-09-20T12:02:00.001-07:002011-10-13T06:34:49.168-07:002 chickens, A duck and a priest?<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildmuse/6167150960/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6167150960_45459f4c01.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildmuse/6167150960/">2 chickens, A duck and a priest?</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildmuse/">Aria Nadii</a>.</span></div>Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-13112046982292739132011-09-20T11:34:00.001-07:002011-09-20T11:38:37.538-07:00Angry Rabbit.<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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Love the claws!Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-22285601060618660962011-09-20T11:32:00.001-07:002011-09-20T11:39:49.543-07:00Pisces Austrinus<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6163752975/">Pisces Austrinus. detail. France 9th cent. Harley 647. BL</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
detail. France 9th cent. <br /><br />Illustration of the constellation Pisces Austrinus, the Southern fish, swallowing water...Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-49846347225316184862011-09-11T19:14:00.003-07:002011-09-11T19:16:33.581-07:00Centaur with Bow. detail. 14th cent. France. Royal 20 BL<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6127636491/">Centaur with Bow. detail. 14th cent. France. Royal 20 BL</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-75160346839624145512011-09-11T19:14:00.001-07:002011-09-11T19:16:58.514-07:00Rabbit. margin drawing. Italy (Florence) 1441-67. Add 15432 BL<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6128202546/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6128202546_3114e5b74a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/6128202546/">Rabbit. margin drawing. Italy (Florence) 1441-67. Add 15432 BL</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-35595663459841195632011-08-16T15:24:00.001-07:002011-09-11T19:17:31.573-07:00Boethius, De musica, 12th century<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/5343921037/">Boethius, De musica, f.43v, (211 x 144 mm), 12th century, MSR-05.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/">National Library NZ on The Commons</a>.</span></div>
Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-41808570875413014202011-08-16T15:22:00.001-07:002011-09-11T19:17:55.157-07:00Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, 15th century<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/5986125942/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/5986125942_bdf91d03d1.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/5986125942/">Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, f.24 (289 x 218 mm), 15th century, MSR-19</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/">National Library NZ on The Commons</a>.</span></div>
Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-63551662956508865452011-07-26T17:24:00.001-07:002011-09-11T19:18:38.738-07:00Hare with Bagpipe. detail Flemish c.1320-30. Bodl_Douce5<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/5964741762/">Hare with Bagpipe. detail Flemish c.1320-30. Bodl_Douce5</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-82354674932586107702011-07-26T17:04:00.001-07:002011-09-11T19:19:06.954-07:00Coat of arms at foot of leaf<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yalelawlibrary/4843996573/">MssJ ++C28 no.2</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yalelawlibrary/">Yale Law Library</a>.</span></div>
Constitutiones Clementis V papae (14th c.). From the library of Sir Thomas PhillippsAria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-61418819811458892452011-07-26T16:58:00.001-07:002011-09-11T19:19:32.729-07:00Binding fragments<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yalelawlibrary/4351353357/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4351353357_01929f91a6.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yalelawlibrary/4351353357/">RB Y32 EIII +1565-11</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yalelawlibrary/">Yale Law Library</a>.</span></div>
1565Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-31456026017413499032011-06-24T19:02:00.001-07:002011-09-11T19:20:06.628-07:00Rooster<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/5854816142/">Rooster. England 13th cent. Harley 3244 BL</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div>
England 13th cent.Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11815578.post-49604235201415870632011-06-24T18:46:00.001-07:002011-06-24T18:57:24.248-07:00Hybrid Snail ridden by Hare, jousting a Dog and Hare. detail.<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/5809315120/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/5809315120_f62fac089f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/5809315120/">Hybrid Snail ridden by Hare, jousting a Dog and Hare. detail. France c. 1475-1525. Royal E BL</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/">tony harrison</a>.</span></div><p>France c. 1475-1525</p>Aria Nadiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594587048267219542noreply@blogger.com0