The gate of the year

Figure above:

Fresco from the interior of a medieval house representing the Wild Man, located at Sacco, in the municipality of Cosio Valtellino, Sondrio, Italy. The painting shows the date in which the work was finished: May 18 1464. The writing, beside the Wild Man, says: “Ego sonto un homo salvadego per natura, chi me ofende ge fo pagura” (“I am a Wild Man by nature, anyone who insults me I shall scare him”). Now this ancient building has become the Museo dell’Homo Salvadego (Museum of the Wild Man).

[Image: http://www.ecomuseovalgerola.it/03_benietnografici/12_sacco/homesalvadego.html]

Figure below:

Sculpture on the outer wall of the Cathedral of Milan (Duomo), under the discharge of a gargoyle. The construction of the Cathedral began in 1390 and continued until the middle of the 1800s. The image shows a Wild Man, with beard, hairy body and an animal skin attire, with a stick in his hand.

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Figure above: Fresco from the interior of a medieval house representing the Wild Man, located at Sacco, in the municipality of Cosio Valtellino, Sondrio, Italy. The painting shows the date in which the work was finished: May 18 1464. The writing, beside the Wild Man, says: “Ego sonto un homo salvadego per natura, chi me ofende ge fo pagura” (“I am a Wild Man by nature, anyone who insults me I shall scare him”). Now this ancient building has become the Museo dell’Homo Salvadego (Museum of the Wild Man). [Image: http://www.ecomuseovalgerola.it/03_benietnografici/12_sacco/homesalvadego.html] Figure below: Sculpture on the outer wall of the Cathedral of Milan (Duomo), under the discharge of a gargoyle. The construction of the Cathedral began in 1390 and continued until the middle of the 1800s. The image shows a Wild Man, with beard, hairy body and an animal skin attire, with a stick in his hand. [Image: http://www.michele-aquaron.com/recherche_detail.php?var=493]