Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art
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Dragons, griffins and other beasts that nobody has seen turn up all over medieval heraldry, and John Vinycomb sets out to describe and picture them. His scope is the fictitious and symbolic creatures used in British heraldry, drawn from classic story, legendary art and old travellers' tales.
He found that reference books on heraldry gave their shapes only briefly and illustrated them stiffly, which led him to write this one for artists who need an accurate guide. The frontispiece shows St. George and the Dragon. Vinycomb was a fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, and the book appeared in London in 1906.
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- Author
- John Vinycomb
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 173
- Language
- English
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