Загадочные существа (упоминание на картах, в живописи и т.п.).
Dance of Death, fresco by Simone II Baschenis. Pinzolo, Trentino-Alto Adige ~ 1539
Pinturicchio - Chimera. 1490
Морской дракон (Sea Dragon), 1490
Существа (Durga and Mahishasura. Chamba, India ~ ca.1830, Victoria and Albert Museum London)
Aquarelle von Säugetieren, Vögeln, Insekten und Pflanzen samt deutschen Legenden. Süddeutschland ~ 1600s; Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Bibliothèque Infernale on FB
Wonders of Creation of Al-Qazwini (17thc) Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Rothschild Machsor (Florence, c.1490)
Mambres contemplates the abyss he's just inadvertently opened with his spellbooks. From a scientific and geographic collection made in England around 1000 years ago
Lorenzo Lotto, 1524 - Giovan Francesco Capoferri, intarsia panel in Sta. Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, depicting the universe emerging from Primordial Darkness, 1524
From Die Muskete, 1918
![](https://78.media.tumblr.com/e18a073663f8a51f046b6dc69b3f2e73/tumblr_pan9q8Im5U1tgdkrco1_1280.jpg)
![](https://78.media.tumblr.com/e97a3866cfad9a9c007ba42fafdf3fef/tumblr_p8vlfb9SRU1sojamro1_1280.jpg)
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dc_3u-lVwAE415D.jpg:large)
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da9CTCBUMAAzH-q.jpg)
![](https://78.media.tumblr.com/96027e7b59c20b1b1e3767bbd958854c/tumblr_pah9ifmkJI1w3nqtho1_1280.jpg)