When modern readers look at medieval maps, the instinct is to smile at the sea creatures and assume cartographers were just ...

St. Anthony and tormenting demons, Yates Thompson 49, f.34v (courtesy The British Library Board) Beyond the borders of maps, where the limits of exploration fell to imagination, medieval artists and ...

European maps from the Middle Ages are full of strange lands, legendary races and fabulous monsters. Only the Church with the help of God was able to provide protection against these horrors. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Left image shows a drawing of a sea monster depicted in light green and sticking its head out of the water to gobble up fish. The ...

The Department of Art History and Art will host a lecture in conjunction with the Cleveland Museum of Art’s exhibition “Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens. Wonders.” Sherry Lindquist and Asa Simon ...

Famous fiends like zombies, vampires, and werewolves are hallmarks of All Hallow's Eve. But how much do you know about why that is, and where those creatures come from? It’s an origin story that’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We see a four-legged sea monster with a long body and tail and very sharp teeth with an open mouth. From the creepiest Cambrian ...

"Co-published by the British Library"--Colophon. Beckwith, J. Bruce. Bibliotheca Beckwithiana (unpublished), 52. SCDIRB copy 390880019622067 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries: The Beckwith-Browning ...