#sorry to everyone waiting

It’s a long weekend for a holiday I don’t really celebrate, so I’m once again spending my free time on the ideal activity: looking at sea monsters. This time they’re from the non-standard art style variant of Der naturen bloeme(British Library Add MS 11390).  The fish section starts at f.49v & I highly recommend checking it out! It’s a cornucopia of delights and no post could possibly do it justice since there are perfect images on literally every page. That being said, here are some personal highlights: 

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2 kinds of dolphins, both equally valid (ocean & river for people who aren’t familiar with platanista or are struggling with the script)

naut…il..us?

polyp

tragically blurry sea-deer

orca with just the wiggliest mouth

& ziphius

I haven’t been referencing the standard illustrations, but it’s vital everyone know that in the original the ziphius looks like this

[KB KA 16, fol.111r]