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A 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.
Engraved by Christoffel van Sichem after Boetius à Bolswert 1651

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Fresco from the Villa di Poppea in ancient Oplontis, nowadays Torre Annunziata near Pompei at the foot of the mount Vesuvius (Gulf of Naples).