Image in a fresco

[Anthony Anemone]

Along similar lines, the images reminds me of Ambroise Paré's 16th century
treatise on "Monsters."

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Jindrich Toman <ptydepe at umich.edu> wrote:

> This looks like Sebastian Münster, Cosmographia, 1540s,a very popular
> book, or some copycat along these lines.
> Why don't you google:
> monsters german medieval
> sebastian münster
> or:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blemmyes.jpg
>
> Greetings from Michigan, Jindrich Toman
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Raoul Smith <
> rsmith at museumofrussianicons.org> wrote:
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>> While traveling to churches and monasteries in the Balkans this past
>> summer, I saw an image on a fresco of a headless creature such as the one
>> below.****
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>> Does anyone know where this might have been? Or have you ever seen such a
>> creature on an Orthodox icon or fresco?****
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>> Please respond offline at rsmith at museumofrussianicons.org****
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>> Thank you very much for any help.****
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>> --Raoul****
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Tony Anemone
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