Showing posts with label fish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fish. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Pisces Austrinus

detail. France 9th cent.

Illustration of the constellation Pisces Austrinus, the Southern fish, swallowing water...

Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Beautiful Bird's Nest

Das wunderbarliche Vogel-Nest by Hans Grimmelshausen , 1675

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Lüsterweibchen - Sirène gracieuse - Leuchterweibchen (1513)

Albrecht Dürer [1471-1528]

The two-tailed fish-siren is additionally winged with the antlers of an elk. On her belly are the coat of arms from Crescentia Rieterin, wife of Willibald Pirckheimer.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Fish-E

"E" Fr. 8th cent. Laud. Misc. Bodl. Lib.