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"The Black Cap'd Pigeon (Columba melanocephala)"
Indian Zoology; Second Edition. Translated from the Latin of Johann Reinhold Forster by John Aikin, M. D. Illustrated by Peter Mazell. 1790.
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Vladimir Konashevich (Russian,1888-1963)
illustration for “The Muddle” written by Kornei Chukovsky, 1923
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A window in St. George's Collegiate Church in Tübingen, Germany, depicts a medieval execution on the Catherine wheel. The window is said to have been installed by the Duke of Württemberg as atonement after he mistakenly ordered such an execution of an innocent man.
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giant ant attacking a young man
in thomas de cantiprato's "liber de natura rerum", bavaria, c. 1424
source: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1066, fol. 140v
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Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)
Girl on a Cliff, 1930
Wood engraving
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Some more truly baffling denizens of the margins of the 14th century Luttrell Psalter.
"Swarm" 24" x 60", stained glass (engraved, enameled) www.judithschaechter.com
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Girl Dancing (one of a pair) [1920] Thomas Cowell (1870–1949) The Stained Glass Museum
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Justice Charles Eamer Kempe (1837–1907) and John William Lisle (1870–1927) The Stained Glass Museum
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Monkeys Dressed in Empire Costume (after David Teniers) [1800-20] unknown artist The Stained Glass Museum
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Sandro Botticelli - The banquet in the forest. Detail.
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Giovanni Aldini – Scientist of the Day
Giovanni Aldini, an Italian physicist, died Jan. 17, 1834, at the age of 71.
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Hartmann Schedel, Locusts, Nuremberg Chronicles, 1493