Sirens dancing, playing music, double recorder and harp.

Sirens dancing, playing music, double recorder and harp. English c. 1300 . Bestiary. Bodl_Douce88, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

English c. 1300

Melusine (Vittore dei Ravani)

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

The Beautiful Bird's Nest

Das wunderbarliche Vogel-Nest by Hans Grimmelshausen , 1675, originally uploaded by peacay.

Das wunderbarliche Vogel-Nest by Hans Grimmelshausen , 1675

Lüsterweibchen - Sirène gracieuse - Leuchterweibchen (1513)

Lüsterweibchen - Sirène gracieuse - Leuchterweibchen (1513), originally uploaded by petrus.agricola.

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.

Melusine - von Ringoltingen, 1468 b

Melusine - von Ringoltingen, 1468 b, 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.

Syrene. Eng. 13cent. MS Ashmole 1511.

Syrene. Eng. 13cent. MS Ashmole 1511. , originally uploaded by tony harrison.

Mermaid (margin) Fr. Artois. 13th cent MS Douce 118

Mermaid (margin) Fr. Artois. 13th cent MS Douce 118, originally uploaded by tony harrison.

Two tails Siren. Deutsches Museum München

Two tails Siren. Deutsches Museum München, originally uploaded by renzodionigi.

Mermaid--from 24 roundel image page. Florentine engr.1460-70circa. Brit Mus.

Mermaid--from 24 roundel image page. Florentine engr.1460-70circa. Brit Mus., originally uploaded by tony harrison.