Basilisk : Hatched from a cock’s egg.

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

Siren (Piscean)

Siren. detail English 13th cent. Bestiary. bodl_Douce88, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

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.

Anima Mea Liquefacta

Anima Mea Liquefacta, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

Christoffel van Sichem 1651 ~ from Pia Desidera Emblamatis

illustration from Pia Desidera Emblamatis

illustration from Pia Desidera Emblamatis, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

Engraved by Christoffel van Sichem after Boetius à Bolswert 1651

1687 Dragon & Serpent

1687 Dragon & Serpent, originally uploaded by Aria Nadii.

Copper engraving.

Caladrius

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

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.

Bitonto Cattedrale Grifone

Bitonto Cattedrale Grifone, originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

Griffin and Greyhound

MS. Ashmole 1504 (b), originally uploaded by peacay.

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).

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.

Griffin and Mermaid. MFA Boston

Griffin and Mermaid. MFA Boston, originally uploaded by renzodionigi.

Griffin and Mermaid
Follower of: Nicolas Poussin, French (active in Rome), 1594–1665
Formerly attributed to: Baccio Bandinelli, Italian, 1493–1560
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash.

Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 15

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

Griffon

Griffon, originally uploaded by renzodionigi.