2024年8月7日 · Monsters of this literature personified the fears of society: fear of what happens when science is allowed to go too far; fear of the encroachment of contagious disease; and …

2024年8月7日 · Below are some monsters from Liceti's De Monstrorum... (1637), held in the Reynolds-Finley Historical Library. The descriptions are translated directly from the Latin text. …

2024年8月7日 · This exhibit features mythological monsters of the Classical, Germanic and Jewish peoples; supposedly natural creatures such as dragons, merfolk, animal/human …

2024年8月7日 · In Hortus Sanitatis, mythical monsters appear confidently alongside known species in far-off lands, such as the giraffe who shares a woodcut with the unreal animal called …