EditorialA Hydrus, A Hydra; Unknown; England, Europe; about 1250 - 1260; Pen-and-ink drawings tinted with body color and translucent washes on parchment; Leaf: 21 x 15.7 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/16 in.).
EditorialToucan, Hydrus & Nubecula minor, Constellations Toucan (Tucana), Small Water Snake and Small Cloud, Constellatio LIV, p. 125, Bayer, Johann; Schecks, Kaspar, 1627, Julius Schiller, Johann Bayer, Kaspar Schecks: Coelum stellatum christianum convexum (.....
EditorialSnake with plant tail, Zeld-saeme Snake. / anguis Singularis. / Serpent Extraordinaire (title on object), Wonderful snake with a tail from which a plant grows. Below the performance two manuscripts in Latin about the performance, indicating the discove...
EditorialA hydrus, or water snake. Bestiary. England; between 1255 and 1265. [Lower miniature] Man in boat about to spear a hydrus, or water snake Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/produced in England; between 1255 and 1265. . Source: Harley 324...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a hydrus (or water-snake), entering the mouth of a sleeping crocodile and eating its way through the crocodile's side. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source:...
EditorialA hydrus, or water serpent, killing a crocodile by slipping into its mouth and then bursting out from its side; below, decorated initial 'A' with text. Bestiary. England (Durham?); 1200-1210. Source: Royal 12 C. XIX, f.12v. Language: Latin.
EditorialA Hydrus, A Hydra; Unknown; England, Europe; about 1250 - 1260; Pen-and-ink drawings tinted with body color and translucent washes on parchment; Leaf: 21 x 15.7 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/16 in.).