Animals

These are links to examples of illuminated animals that I might want to work into a scroll design.

Aberdeen Beastiary Online ~1200, England
British Library's Royal Manuscripts: Medieval bestiary 1210-20

Dragon

Dragon initial 12th c German
Dragon initial 15th c Italian
Dragon early 14th c French (Toulouse Public Library, Ms. 511 Chronicle of Jean Froissart, Bibliotheque de Toulouse)

Fox

Foxes, 1505-10, Ghent from Les regnars traversant les perilleuses voyes des folles fiances du monde on LeavesOfGold.org

Horse

Phoenix

Shahnama: Zal Consults the Magi 1530-5, Iran (The phoenixes are in gold on the purple canopy.)
Persian phoenix in tile, early 17th c

Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini, Italy 1485-95

Sea Horse

Unicorn

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