December 8 – Sea-centaurs

speccoll
Sunday 8 December 2019
Ichthyocentaur from Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1575 (TypNAn.B75RO).

Ichthyocentaurs are winged creatures, half-fish and half-horse. Depicted in classical Greek art, they are also referred to as sea-centaurs.

This illustration of an ichthyocentaur, playing a lute, is featured on a map of Scandinavia by cartographer Abraham Ortelius in our 1575 edition of Theatrum orbis terrarium (TypNAn.B75RO).

Share this story


One reply to "December 8 – Sea-centaurs"

  • clcouch123
    clcouch123
    Sunday 8 December 2019, 7.10pm

    What a delightful creature to learn about and its name (ichthyocentaur). And evidently it's musical!

    Reply

Leave a reply

By using this form you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website.

Subscribe

Enter your email address here to receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 6,466 other subscribers.