Greek manuscript showing a sawfish, narwhal, hammerhead shark and whale, 16th century AD

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mrsemi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 315d (1 reply)
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PugJesus@piefed.social · 3 pts · 315d

I think I copied whatever the description was wherever I found it (wherever that was), but God knows internet descriptions of artifacts are not always accurate, so, fixed!

Codename_goose@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 315d (3 replies)

Can I ask which manuscript this is? I would love to add some of these fish to a world map for my dnd games.

PugJesus@piefed.social · 3 pts · 315d (2 replies)

I don't know where to find the full manuscript, but apparently it's a 16th century copy of On The Properties of Animals

Codename_goose@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 315d (1 reply)

Perfect. That’s more than enough to go off of. Thank you.

PugJesus@piefed.social · 2 pts · 315d

Happy to help!