Close-up of woodcut illustration of a rabbit-faced creature covered in scales in the water.

Close-up of a woodcut illustration of a lion-faced creature covered in scales in the water.

Close-up of a woodcut illustration of a bull-faced creature covered in scales in the water

View of the full first page of Hortus Sanitatis including these three illustrations and the surrounding text.

Underwater hybrid creatures in medieval times?🫣
Hortus Sanitatis - Jacob Meydenbach
First published in Latin 1491, Mainz Germany.
This leaf, or page, is from very first printing.
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Linocut of a pegasus or winged horse (though the head is very cow-like and has long horns) in medium copper-brownish ink on light washi. It is facing left with one foreleg raised, and it is surrounded by a thick line border.

The same linocut as the previous image printed in black ink on cream Canson paper.

Two versions of this copy of a woodcut from the 15th-century bestiary/herbal Le Jardin de santé, which helpfully includes mythological creatures such as this Pegasus #linocut #blockprinting #printmaking #pegasus #lejardindesante #hortussanitatis