Basilisk : Hatched from a cock’s egg.

From the article On the Trail of the Warsaw Basilisk at The Smithsonian Institute.

Turtle-doves

Turtle-doves. margin. Queen Mary Psalter. England 1310-20. BL, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

Queen Mary Psalter. England 1310-20

Partridges

Partridges. England 1310-20. detail. Queen Mary Psalter. BL, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

1310-20. detail. Queen Mary Psalter. BL

Cock Crowing

Cock crowing and man and woman watch. French 14th cent. Bodl_Douce30, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

French 14th cent.

Venus rides her Chariot

Venus rides her Chariot. (Roman de la Rose).French 115th cent.bodl_Douce195, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

French 115th cent.

Game of Chess with Peacock and Dog

Game of Chess with Peacock and Dog. detail. Flemish 1338-44. bodl_Bodl.264, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

2 chickens, A duck and a priest?

2 chickens, A duck and a priest?, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

Rooster

Rooster. England 13th cent. Harley 3244 BL, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

England 13th cent.

Anima Mea Liquefacta

Anima Mea Liquefacta, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

Christoffel van Sichem 1651 ~ from Pia Desidera Emblamatis

Virgil Solis 1561

Virgil Solis 1561, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

Folio leaf from German Luther Bible, Frankfurt, Zöpfel, Rasch u. Feyerabend, 1561, fine initial and woodcut are by Virgil Solis.

Caladrius

Sloane 3544 f. 24 Caladrius bird. BL, originally uploaded by renzodionigi.

Pen drawing-- Farm yard. St Gallen Stiftsbibliothek Cod Sang 643jpg

Pen drawing-- Farm yard. St Gallen Stiftsbibliothek Cod Sang 643jpg, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

Pen drawing-- Farm yard. St Gallen Stiftsbibliothek Cod Sang 643jpg

Huntress

Siren - marginalia

Animali fantastici, originally uploaded by renzodionigi.

Marginalia are the “extra” images occupying the marginal space between the block of script and the page limits. They exist in conjunction with the more prominent decorated or historiated initials and miniature illustrations that often relate directly to the page’s text. The marginal figures can inhabit the borders, weave in and out of the text, or dance gleefully at the bottom of a page.

Oplontis: Fantasy bird with head of a griffin

Oplontis: Fantasy bird with head of a griffin, originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

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

Bird-D

"D"-Fr.MS. 8th cent. Laud Misc. Bodl. Lib., originally uploaded by tony harrison.

"D"-Fr.MS. 8th cent. Laud Misc. Bodl. Lib.

MRM 15 detail Douce 180 fall babylon

MRM 15 detail Douce 180 fall babylon, originally uploaded by tony harrison.