#wunderzeichenbuch

[itsacon10]

Tiber River Monster, inspired by Folio 90 of the Wunderzeichenbuch (Book of Miracles), Augsburg, circa 1550

“In A.D. 1496, in the month of January, at the time The Tiber burst its banks high and wide near Rome: what wondrous creature appeared, found dead where the raging and the might of the Tiber's waters had subsided, and was in this shape and form, as it is painted there.”

[magictransistor]

Das Wunderzeichenbuch (The Book of Miracles), Augsburg, 1552.

[chizukurowassan]

Wunderzeichenbuch, part III. source: DayFaber, more info part i, part ii.

Thanks to byeloriszanianka for the first reblog from Species: Barocus where I've come upon this!

[chizukurowassan]

Wunderzeichenbuch, part I. source: Species: Barocus, more info part II, part III.

[blessingsofjanus]

The Augsburg Wunderzeichenbuch. A mid-sixteenth century book of miracles.