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Sorry, took me a while to find the book. We're moving. It's called "Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum Chronicon" (A History of Celestial Signs and Miracles), By Conrad
by tomcam 4y ago
Sorry, took me a while to find the book. We're moving. It's called "Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum Chronicon" (A History of Celestial Signs and Miracles), By Conrad Lycosthenes, published in 1557. It's full of crazy stuff, and like modern clickbait they recycle the same pictures many times throughout the book. There are pictures of people flayed open, chimeras, dragons, etc., with many other pictures portraying fairly mundane aspects of life accurately.
UFO: https://imgur.com/zOE4WTR https://imgur.com/zOE4WTR
City in ruins: https://imgur.com/BcZhMkk https://imgur.com/BcZhMkk
Exceptionally happy Satyr: https://imgur.com/EBiIjDF https://imgur.com/EBiIjDF
More info about the book:
https://library.princeton.edu/byzantine/translation/16207 https://library.princeton.edu/byzantine/translation/16207
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/bhdnhcu4 https://wellcomecollection.org/works/bhdnhcu4
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/x9av6dsf https://wellcomecollection.org/works/x9av6dsf