Encyclopedia of the Marvelous, the Monstrous, and the Grotesque
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Encyclopedia of the Marvelous, the Monstrous, and the Grotesque[1] was a reference work of the grotesque in natural history by British scholar Ian Mccormick. Below are some wikifications of Mccormick's page.
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Natural history as category of the grotesque[2]
See also Ambroise Paré, Conrad Gessner, Bartolomeo Ambrosinus, Olaus Magnus, Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo. [3]
- Scythian lamb
- Mandrake from Herbarius (1485).
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Hartmann Schedel
- One-eyed monster from Hartmann Schedel’s Liber Chronicarum (1493).
- Blemmyae, or headless monster from Hartmann Schedel’s Liber Chronicarum (1493).
- Long-eared Phanesians from Hartmann Schedel’s Liber Chronicarum (1493).
- Big-lipped monster from Hartmann Schedel’s Liber Chronicarum (1493).
- Sciapodes from Hartmann Schedel’s Liber Chronicarum (1493).
- Goat-people (satyrs) from Hartmann Schedel’s Liber Chronicarum (1493).
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Albrecht Dürer
- Monstrous pig of Landseer by Albrecht Dürer (1496).
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Gregor Reisch
- Human Monsters from Gregor Reisch’s Margarita Philosophica (1517).
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo
- Cooking from Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s The Genius of Cooking (1569).
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Ambroise Paré
- Triton and Siren from the Latin edition of Ambroise Paré’s Des Monstres et Prodiges (1582).
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Edward Topsell
- Edward Topsell’s The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents (1607, 1608, 1658).
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Biddenden Maids
- Biddenden Maids “Pygopagous twins”.
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Johann Schenk
- Parastic ectopy[4]; Siamese twins from Johann Schenk’s Monstrorum historia memorabilis (1609).
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Ulisse Aldrovandi
- Cynocephali from Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Monstrorum Historia (1642).
- Goose-headed Man from Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Monstrorum Historia (1642).
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John Bulwer
- Hairy Man from John Bulwer’s Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transformed: or the Artificial Changling (1653).
John Bulwer (bap. 1606, d. 1656), was a British medical practitioner and writer on deafness and on gesture.
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Fortunius Licetus
- More monsters (Fortunius Licetus, De Monstris, 1665).
- Medusa Head Found in an Egg (Fortunius Licetus, De Monstris, 1665).
- Elephant-headed man from Fortunio Liceti’s De Monstris (1665).
- Amorphous Monster (Fortunius Licetus, De Monstris, 1665).
- Pope-ass and other monsters from Fortunio Liceti’s De Monstrorum causis natura (1665).
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Anne-Claude-Philippe
- Bear-headed Roman Senator (Anne-Claude-Philippe, Conte de Caylus, Recueil d’antiquites, 1665)
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James Parsons
- Sneering Woman[5] (James Parsons, Crounian Lectures on Muscular Motion, 1745).
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
- Black Albino Child (Georges Buffon, L’histoire de l’homme, 1749)
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Laurent Natter
- Chimera (Laurent Natter, Traite de la Methode Antique, 1754).
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Anonymous
- Miniature Count Josef Boruwlaski with his wife Islina and their baby.(18th century).
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Daniel Lambert
- Large Man Daniel Lambert. (18th century).
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William Dent
- The Cutter Cut Up (William Dent, 1790).
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
- Calculating Facial Disproportion ( Johann Kaspar Lavater, Essays on Physiognomy, 1792).
- Birthmarks (J.C. Lavater, Essays on Physiognomy, 1792).
- Rage (J.C. Lavater, Essays on Physiognomy, 1792).
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Baynes
- The Siamese Brothers (T. M. Baynes, 19th century).
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Nicolas-Francois Regnault
- Double Child (Nicolas-Francois Regnault (French, 1746-1810), Descriptions des principales monstruosites, 1808).
- Monstrous child with multiple sensory organs, Descriptions des principales monstruosites, 1808).
Nicolas-Francois Regnault (French, 1746-1810)
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Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert
- Tumor (Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert, Clinique de l’Hopital Saint-Louis, 1833)
- Lepra Nigrans (Jean Louis Alibert, Clinique de l’Hopital Saint-Louis, 1833)
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George Cruickshank
- The Cholick (George Cruickshank, 1835).
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T.Mclean
- The Body Politic or the March of the Intellect (T.Mclean, 1836).
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20th century
- Electric Kingdom ‘Postmodern Arcimboldo’. Club Flyer, 13 March 1999. by André Martins de Barros
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