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 | ID | F002-009 | | Title | Iconismus XV. Ponatur č regione; Fig. XXI. Infantes duo iuxta nates conglutinati | | Medium | metal engraving | | Book | P. Gasparis Schotti. Physica Curiosa, Sive Mirabilia Naturę et Artis Libris. Herbapoli (Wurzburg) : J. A. Endeteri & Wolfgangi, 1667. Page 610, Plate 15. | | Notes | These infant siamese twins, attached at the buttocks and genital region, would have been considered a wonder of nature, a prodigious event calling for interpretation in the context of the religious supernatural. | | Theme | Freaks Monsters and Prodigies | | Subjects | prodigy, freaks, marvelous |
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