The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... Middle Ages derived . Much of what appears about mon- sters in the Bestiary comes from Pliny by way of later writers and commentators such as Solinus and St Isidore of Seville . This is the source of the classic monsters and imaginary ...
... Middle Ages derived . Much of what appears about mon- sters in the Bestiary comes from Pliny by way of later writers and commentators such as Solinus and St Isidore of Seville . This is the source of the classic monsters and imaginary ...
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... middle , to be as square , white and smooth as the backe of a man , and from the middle to the hinder part , pointing in proportion like a broad hooked Arrow ; how it was proportioned in the forepart from the necke and shoulders I know ...
... middle , to be as square , white and smooth as the backe of a man , and from the middle to the hinder part , pointing in proportion like a broad hooked Arrow ; how it was proportioned in the forepart from the necke and shoulders I know ...
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... Middle Ages . These banners were used by the Scythians , Persians and Dacians . Adopted by the Rome legions , they spread all over the Empire , and are the origins of the flying dragons of Welsh mythology - dracones were the banners of ...
... Middle Ages . These banners were used by the Scythians , Persians and Dacians . Adopted by the Rome legions , they spread all over the Empire , and are the origins of the flying dragons of Welsh mythology - dracones were the banners of ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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