When modern readers look at medieval maps, the instinct is to smile at the sea creatures and assume cartographers were just having a bit of fun. They weren't. Those monsters were a serious visual ...

"Co-published by the British Library"--Colophon. Beckwith, J. Bruce. Bibliotheca Beckwithiana (unpublished), 52. SCDIRB copy 390880019622067 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries: The Beckwith-Browning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We see a four-legged sea monster with a long body and tail and very sharp teeth with an open mouth. From the creepiest Cambrian ...

The Department of Art History and Art will host a lecture in conjunction with the Cleveland Museum of Art’s exhibition “Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens. Wonders.” Sherry Lindquist and Asa Simon ...

Famous fiends like zombies, vampires, and werewolves are hallmarks of All Hallow's Eve. But how much do you know about why that is, and where those creatures come from? It’s an origin story that’s ...