Реальные и мифологические животные из старинных книг.

В старинных книгах часто встречаешь картинки с полумифическими животными-
реальность смешивается с вымыслом, одновременно присутствуют черты "настоящих" мифологических существ и реальных животных.

-------------------Pier Candido Decembrio-'Das Tierbuch des Petrus Candidus'----------------------------------

'Das Tierbuch des Petrus Candidus' (animal book), this 1460 Vatican Library Manuscript by the Italian humanist, Pier Candido Decembrio.
Эта книга хранится в библиотеке Ватикана и картинок из нее в инете очень мало, собирала по крохам из разных источников, спасибо bibliodyssey за линк на библиотеку Зальцбурга, но там их тоже мало. Картинки в книгу были добавлены через 100 лет после ее написания, к сожалению- потеряла линк со ссылкой на предполагаемого художника.

Pier Candido Decembrio: Tierbuch -
De omnium animalium natura: Rhinoceros - Monoceros

The text of this manuscript was written down in 1460,
the illuminations were carried out roughly a century later.
S-187 Einhorn Rhinoceros detail

Скульптура носорога - для праздника герцогов Фарнезе, 1600. Из его книги или с гравюры Дюрера брали образец- неизвестно.
La montagna circea : torneamento nel passaggio della sereniss. duchessa donna Margherita Aldobrandina sposa del sereniss. Ranuccio Farnese, duca di Parma, e Piacenza : festeggiato in Bologna a xxvij giugno 1600.

Caab (Seelöwe)

Galalcha

Draco maris (Seeschlange)

Phoenix

Kim (Bartgeier oder Lämmergeier)

Mircomoron

Leucrocota (Tapir?)

Turtle
by Pietro Candido Decembrio

Sawfish
by Pietro Candido Decembrio

Peacock
by Pietro Candido Decembrio

Egret
by Pietro Candido Decembrio

Crocodile with Text
by Pietro Candido Decembrio

Griffin

Known as 'Das Tierbuch des Petrus Candidus' (animal book), this 1460 Vatican Library Manuscript by the Italian humanist, Pier Candido Decembrio, continues the tradition of early natural history books in the manner of Pliny the Elder, the Physiologus and Thomas of Cantimpré which served as Candido's sources.

Commissioned by Ludovico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 'Das Tierbuch' describes all known real and mythical animals, but the wonderful illustrations were a 16th century addition to the manuscript. One way we know this is because the rhinoceros drawing is an exact copy of Albrecht Dürer's famous 1515 stylised depiction of the animal.

The colourful images above (the top one has been background cleaned and only the third one can be enlarged) come from Austria's University of Salzburg Book of the Month series where other interesting critters can be found. Their illustrations were scanned from a 1984 reprint of 'Das Tierbuch des Petrus Candidus'.

---------------Из других старинных книг----------------------------

Gallus Monstrus
. Gasparis Schotti. Physica Curiosa, Sive Mirabilia Naturæ et Artis Libris. Herbapoli (Wurzburg) : J. A. Endeteri & Wolfgangi, 1667.

Basilisk

Erasmus Francisci (eig. Erasmus Finx, 1627-1694)

Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)
"Полет кота", то есть летяга

Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) Бегемот

Swedish East India Company - Diary (Dagbok) of Carl Johan Gethe (from Swedish National Library)

----------------------Extinct Monsters -уже реальные реконструкции---------------------------

'Extinct Monsters; a Popular Account of Some of the Larger Forms of Ancient Animal Life' was first published in 1893 by Reverend HN Hutchinson, featuring illustrations by the respected wildlife artist, Joseph Smit (& others).

The images above - spot cleaned - come from the 4th edition, published in 1896 and recently uploaded by Harvard to the Biodiversity website