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 | ID | F002-010 | | Title | Iconismus XVII. Ponatur è regione; Fig. XXVI. Monstrum alatum, et cornutum instar Cacodæmonis; Fig. XXVII. Monstrum cornutum, et alatum cum pede rapacis avis; Fig. XXVIII. Monstrum cornutum et alatum | | Medium | metal engraving | | Book | P. Gasparis Schotti. Physica Curiosa, Sive Mirabilia Naturæ et Artis Libris. Herbapoli (Wurzburg) : J. A. Endeteri & Wolfgangi, 1667. Page 614, Plate 17. | | Notes | These monster/freaks borrow from classical mythology (the harpy, hybrid animals) as well as from the era’s taste for the prodigious. | | Theme | Freaks Monsters and Prodigies | | Subjects | marvelous, bestiary, monsters, demons |
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