Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art
by John Vinycomb
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About this eBook
- Author
- Vinycomb, John
- Title
- Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- N: Fine Arts
- Subject
- Animals, Mythical
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 40825
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40825
- Release Date
- September 22, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FICTITIOUS AND SYMBOLIC CREATURES IN ART
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.INTRODUCTION
- 6.Notes on Animated Beings in Heraldic Art — The Symbolism of Attitude or Position — The Heraldic Spirit—Effective decorative Quality essential in Heraldry
- 7.Celestial Beings — Mistaken Modern Conception of Angels — Mediæval Art Treatment of Angels — Cherubim and Seraphim in Heraldry — Cherubim and Seraphim of Scripture — Emblems of the Four Evangelists
- 8.Chimerical Creatures of the Dragon and Serpent kind — The Dragon — The Dragon in Christian Art — The Dragon in the Royal Heraldry of Britain — The Crocodile as the Prototype of the Dragon — The Heraldic Dragon — The Hydra — The Wyvern — The Chimera — The Lion-Dragon — The Gorgon — The Cockatrice — Basilisk, or Amphysian Cockatrice — The Mythical Serpent — The Scorpion
- 9.Other Chimerical Creatures and Heraldic Beasts — The Unicorn — Mediæval Conception of the Unicorn — The Horn of the Unicorn — The Pegasus — Sagittary, Centaur, Sagittarius, Centaurus, Hippocentaur — Griffin or Gryphon — The Male Griffin — Other Varieties of the Griffin — The Opinicus, or Epimacus — The Sphynx — The Phœnix Bird of the Sun — The Harpy — The Heraldic Pelican — The Martlet — The Alerion — The Liver (Cormorant) — The Heraldic Tigre or Tyger — The Royal Tiger — Leopard, or Panther, Felis Pardus, Lybbarde — The Panther “Incensed” — The Lynx — Cat-a-Mountain—Tiger Cat or Wild Cat — The Salamander — Heraldic Antelope — The Heraldic Ibex — Bagwyn — The Camelopard, Camel-leopard — Musimon, Tityrus — The Enfield — Mantiger, Montegre or Manticora Satyral — Lamia or Emipusa — Baphomet — Apres — Stelliones
- 10.Fictitious Creatures of the Sea — Poseidon or Neptune — Merman or Triton — The Mermaid or Siren — The Sirens of Classic Mythology — The Dolphin of Legend and of Heraldry — The Dauphin of France — The Heraldic Dolphin — The Sea—Horse — Sea-lion — Sea-dog
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