Basilisk : Hatched from a cock’s egg.

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

Centaur with Bow. detail. 14th cent. France. Royal 20 BL

Centaur with Bow. detail. 14th cent. France. Royal 20 BL, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

woodcut by Conrad Wolffhart 1557

woodcut by Conrad Wolffhart 1557, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

from Omens and Portents on LEAF from Prodigiorum Ac Ostentorum Chronicon

Melusine (Vittore dei Ravani)

A_XX_XX-XXX0344, originally uploaded by History of the Book / Typography, Amsterdam.

1687 Dragon & Serpent

1687 Dragon & Serpent, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

Copper engraving.

Strange Beasts

Strange Beasts, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

original page 41 from William Lilly's Catastrophe Mundi 1683

Reiner Musterbuch

Reiner Musterbuch, originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

Patternbook from Zisterzienserstift monastery Rein near Graz, Austria 1208-1213

Septem Sapientum Convivum 1552

Druckermarke, originally uploaded by wie-wolf.

aus: Plutarch, Septem Sapientum Convivum. Lyon 1552.

Huntress

Capricorne: one-horned goat with fish tail.

Capricorne: one-horned goat with fish tail., originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

Woodblock from Claude Paradin Chanoine de Beaujeu's Devises Heroïques. 1557

The virgin with a Byzantine crown speaks to the Unicorn

The virgin with a Byzantine crown speaks to the Unicorn, originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

Smyrna Physiologus with text by Cosmas - Scola Evangelica Smyrna cod B8 (Manuscript from c. 900 CE, the codex was destroyed in 1922)

Bitonto Cattedrale Grifone

Bitonto Cattedrale Grifone, originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

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.

MS. Ashmole 1511 fol-015v

MS. Ashmole 1511 fol-015v, originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

MS. Douce 151 fol-11v

MS. Douce 151 fol-11v, originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

Animalium, ferarum et bestiarum - Griffin -1663

Animalium, ferarum et bestiarum - Griffin -1663, originally uploaded by peacay.

Melusine - von Ringoltingen, 1468 b

Melusine - von Ringoltingen, 1468 b, originally uploaded by peacay.

Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 15

Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 15, originally uploaded by renzodionigi.

Animali fantastici

Animali fantastici, originally uploaded by renzodionigi.

Paris, Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 3401, f. 033

Griffon

Griffon, originally uploaded by renzodionigi.