Comments for Chimaera

Comment on Why kill the unicorn? by awesome blog post

awesome blog post — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:27:59 +0000

I’ve learn several just right stuff here. Certainly price bookmarking for revisiting. I wonder how much attempt you set to create this kind of fantastic informative site.

Comment on The Ormesby Psalter by Alla

Alla — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:52:47 +0000

Thanks a lot. Let’s see what I can find.

Comment on The Ormesby Psalter by Beastmaster

Beastmaster — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:23:18 +0000

Goblins and the like are more folklore than bestiary. Some bestiaries and other medieval documents do include the “monstrous races” that were said to live in Ethiopia, India and other edge-of-the-world places. They are called “monstrous” because they are sort of human but with non-human attributes. Some of them are goblinesque. Do a Google search on “monstrous races” to see many examples.

Comment on The Ormesby Psalter by Alla

Alla — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:12:25 +0000

Hello Beastmaster,

I found your web site while looking for medieval illustrations of goblins, gnomes and similar creatures. I haven’t found a bestiary containing any of those, though phoenixes, satyrs and unicorns are present. Have you ever stumbled upon any pictures of goblins or suchlike?

Comment on The Ormesby Psalter by Beastmaster

Beastmaster — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:44:53 +0000

I’ll sssssssee what I can do.

Comment on The Ormesby Psalter by Natalia

Natalia — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:13:44 +0000

I like your blog a lot! can you post something about snakes?

Comment on The Ormesby Psalter by Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:58:45 +0000

I agree with Colin. What about this text by Leonardo da Vinci to explain the image?

“The unicorn…because of its intemperance, not knowing how to control itself before the delight it feels towards maidens, forgets its ferocity and wildness, and casting aside all fear it will go up to the seated maiden and sleep in her lap, and thus the hunter takes it.”

Of which a drawing (“Young woman seated in a landscape with a unicorn”) can be seen here: http://www.universalleonardo.org/work.php?id=438

Congrats for the blog and site!

Comment on Why kill the unicorn? by me ow

me ow — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:08:59 +0000

did you know Genghis Khan and his army was stop’t by a unicorn?
he was going to india and the unicorn stood in his path.
and the unicorn bow’d to Genghis Khan.
so he bows back. and turns back!
Unicorns and dragons are in history from england to japan.

Comment on The Ormesby Psalter by Colin

Colin — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:36:16 +0000

Wonderful blog and website – just discovered it.
The pictures are beautiful though to me he maiden in the third picture looks to be calling to the knight to slay the unicorn. Did the authors/artists who wrote these kinds of texts ever porvide description of the pictures or did they just put them in undescribed?

Comment on Jacob and the Mandrakes by h

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:44:38 +0000

why is the mandrake used permissibly in the bible? Gen 30, v 14, only to be seen in todays world as whitch craft?