De animalibus et reptilibus (c.44): Krokodil. Die Tierdarstellungen im Hortus sanitatis sind durchaus unterschiedlicher Qualität: Je exotischer ein Tier ist, desto abenteuerlicher ist auch die Abbildung, da eine Autopsie nur in seltenen Fällen möglich war. Jedenfalls empfiehlt bereits der römische Schriftsteller Plinius eine Krokodilsalbe zur Verjüngung des Antlitzes und als Wundermittel gegen Falten.

trochu provar, ale tenhle pohled ma tedy smak.

Mont. st. michel za prilivu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel

http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee

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Etching depicting alchemist practicing his trade.

French engraving of an alchemist in his laboratory entitled "Tire du Cabinet de Mr. le Brun."

Engraving from on book on magic depicting two alchemists practicing the medieval science of transmuting base metals into gold.

Woodcut captioned "Alchemical Allegory of Putrefaction" representing decay as the first stage in the medieval science of transmuting base metals into gold.

"The German Alchemist", facsimile of woodcut attributed to Holbein (the Elder) taken from a German translation of CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY by Boethius.

Merlin conseillant Arthur,

Illustration de Gustave Doré pour Idylles du roi de Lord Alfred Tennyson (1868).

doreho lucifer

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