The gate of the year

Illustration from a parchment manuscript (Ms. Bodl. 602) of the XIII century, in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. The image shows a group of figures inherited from Classical mythology: the Sirens, represented as bird-women, and the Centaurs, whose wild temperament is suggested by the parts of humans bodies that they are carrying, probably an allusion to their cannibalistic costumes.

[Image: http://library.artstor.org]




Human-Animal Transformation

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Illustration from a parchment manuscript (Ms. Bodl. 602) of the XIII century, in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. The image shows a group of figures inherited from Classical mythology: the Sirens, represented as bird-women, and the Centaurs, whose wild temperament is suggested by the parts of humans bodies that they are carrying, probably an allusion to their cannibalistic costumes. [Image: http://library.artstor.org]