#Pre-Linnean works

[thebotanicalarcade]

n997_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Phytanthoza iconographia, sive, Conspectus aliquot millium. Sumptibus imprimebatur Ratisbonae [Regensburg] :Per Hieronymum Lentzium,1737-1745.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/294965

#Botany #Pre-Linnean works #Missouri Botanical Garden #Peter H. Raven Library #bhl:page=294965 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/294965 #flickr #botanical illustration #scientific illustration #Orobus Sylvaticus #Vicia orobus #wood bitter-vetch #vetch

[jamesgraybooksellerworld]

Book of the Month ‡ March § Physica Curiosa (Physica curiosa, sive Mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa; Mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa) 1667 Gaspar Schott

563G Gaspar Schott 1608-1666 P. Gasparis Schotti Regis Curiani E Societate Jesu, Olim in Panormitano Siciliæ, nunc in Herbipolitano Franconiæ Gymnasio ejusdem Societatis Jesu Matheseos Professoris, Physica Curiosa, Sive Mirabilia Naturæ Et Artis Libris XII. Comprehensa, Quibus pleraq;, quæ de Angelis, Dæmonibus, Hominibus, Spectris, Energumenis, Monstris, Portentis, Animalibus, Meteoris, &c.…

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#Abnormalities #angels #demonology #Demons #Early works to 1800 #fantastic animals #Human #marvels of nature #Medical #Monsters #monsters wizards #Natural history #Pre-Linnean works #science #Very rare #Zoology

[wapiti3]

Naauwkeurige beschryving der aardgewassen. (Examined carefully Beschryving nature of crops)

By Little, Abraham, 1626-1683 Publication info Leyden,Francois Halma,1696. Contributor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library (archive.org) Sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners BIODIV LIBRARY

#botanical illustration #scientific illustration #botany #plants #pre-linnean works #natural history #illustrations

[waldeinsamkeiten]

n244_w1150 von Biodiversity Heritage Library Über Flickr: The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands :. London :Printed for B. White,1771.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38993592

#Bahamas #Birds #Botany #Natural history #North Carolina #Pictorial works #Pre-Linnean works #Southern States #University Library #University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (archive.org) #bhl:page=38993592 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38993592 #artist:name=Mark Catesby #artist:viaf=47612282 #Georgia #Florida #South Carolina #plants #flowers #mammalogy #zoology #mammals #taxonomy:binomial=Spigelia marilandica #taxonomy:common=Indianpink #taxonomy:common=Woodland Pinkroot #taxonomy:binomial=Urocyon cinereoargenteus #taxonomy:common=Common gray fox #BHLCatesby

[coldalbion]

Ay man, what do you make of Odin having more recorded names related to him as a war deity than any of his other roles? Was reading a survey of them recently and was surprised to read this when I'd though his magick/galdr titles were more common.

Personally, one of the things I find interesting is that many of the names can be read in battle contexts and that the thread that runs through many of them which are non-battle is also strife-related, excitation, or fury related. Bluntly, it doesn’t surprise me that the wodh, in the context of arousal/stirring up is, or becomes, associated with battle given historical context when these names were recorded. Particularly when we look at the aristocracy/leadership class, having poems/sagas/stories composed about one’s deeds is an excellent way to be remembered/elevated, to draw people to you, and to site yourself as part of a lineage. My personal take is that is we look at so-called Celtic and Norse art, we see a lot of blurring of the lines and distinctions we moderns have. Think of all the intricate knot-work, the way depictions of animals and humans are entwined, or even the practice of kennings - metaphors are not mere pretty language here, but a kind of acknowledgement of entwined qualities. Think about pre-Linnean categorizations of the world, and we see a lot more connection based on similarity and resemblance; things are not just “like” a thing, the things share qualities, and it is these qualities which link them.  For the Norse, or at least those who had sagas, poems etc commissioned about them, battle was part of their identity. It was a place where they their poets and followers, noted something akin to their god. So it’s not surprising that the warrior-leader identity generates a lot of battlenames. We can see this happen in Christianity in the medieval period too, and also in some of the warlike associations in the Bible (I don’t know Hebrew so I can’t comment on Jewish takes in the Torah.) Do I think more names of one type makes a deity “more” a battle god than a poetry/magic god? No. I don’t think it’s that simple, and it’s why I shy away from calling gods/spirits gods/spirits of a given type or domain as much as I can. Material about given numinous beings is always going to be human-based, and filtered through socio-cultural and socio-historical contexts which influence what comes down to us after all.  Every so often, I go back to this paper and think on it - An Eye for Odin? Divine Role-Playing in the Age of Sutton Hoo - because of the notion that some of these leaders, as well as perhaps claiming lineage or patronage from the god, may occasionally have embodied or manifested the god in a given instantiation, and I’m not sure they manifested the weird queer sorcerer bit publicly, but neither is that aspect erased from the poetic corpus we have  

#the old man #crimson-house

[craig-h-stuart]

n107_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands :. London :Printed at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon's in Hoxton,MDCCXXXI-MDCCXLIII [i.e. 1729-1747]. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40753156

#Bahamas #Florida #Natural history #North Carolina #Pictorial works #Pre-Linnean works #South Carolina #Smithsonian Libraries #bhl:page=40753156 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40753156 #artist:name=Mark Catesby #artist:viaf=47612282 #Georgia #ornithology #birds #botany #plants #taxonomy:binomial=Agelaius phoeniceus #taxonomy:common=red-winged blackbird #taxonomy:common=Sturnus niger alis superne rubentibus #taxonomy:common=Red Wing'd Starling #taxonomy:binomial=Morella carolinensis #taxonomy:common=southern bayberry #taxonomy:common=Myrtus brabanticae similis caroliniensis humilior #taxonomy:common=Broad-leaved Candle-berry Myrtle #BHLCatesby

[kinixysnatalensis]

n172_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physices historiam :. Amstelaedami :Apud J. Wetstenium, & Gul. Smith, & Janssonio-Waesbergios,1734-1765.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41047422

#Natural history #Pictorial works #Pre-Linnean works #Smithsonian Institution Libraries #bhl:page=41047422 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41047422 #leopard #mole #BHLat10

[artefaus]

Turtur caroliniensis. Anapodophyllon Canadense &c. / The Turtle of Carolina por Fondo Antiguo de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla Por Flickr:   Autor: Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749 Descripción bibliográfica: The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants ; particulary the forest-trees, shrues, and other plants ... together with their descriptions in english and french, to wich are added observations on the air, soil, and waters, with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, [et]c. to the whole is prefixed a new correct map of the countries treated of ; Vol. I [-vol. II] / by the late Mark Catesby ... ; revis'd [sic] by Mr. Edwards ... = Histoire naturelle de La Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands ... Tome I [- tome II] / par Marc Catesby ... ; et revue par Edwards ...260 London : printed for C. Marsh ... : T. Wilcox ... :and B. Stichall ... ,1754 . - 2 v. ([4], [1] h. de map. pleg, XLIV, VII, [1] bl., 100 p., 100 h. de grab., [1] p. ; [2], 100, 20, [1] p., 100, 20 h. de grab.) ;Fol. Materia: Historia natural - Estados Unidos Materia: Ornitología - Obras anteriores a 1800 Materia: Historia natural - Bahamas Notas: Texto paralelo en inglés y francés. - Sign.: []2, A-L2, b-c2, A-2B2, []1.; []1, B-2C2, A-E2, []1. - Port. a dos tintas. - Las h. de grab. son calc. en col. - El mapa es grab. calc. de Carolina, Florida y las Islas Bahamas Revisor: Edwards, George, (1694-1773) Editor: Marsh, Charles Editor: Wilcox, Thomas Editor: Stichall, Benjamin Lugar de impresión: Gran Bretaña: Londres -Localización: fama.us.es/record=b1933262~S5*spi Libro completo: fondosdigitales.us.es/fondos/libros/3816/5/natural-history-carolina-florida-and-bahama-islands/

#Pajaros #Birds #1754 #siglo XVIII #Pre-Linnean Works #Bahamas #Florida #Carolina #Ornitología #Ornithology #Natural History #Historia Natural #Bibliomata #BUS #engravings #grabados #calcografía #chalcography #Estados Unidos #United States #América #Libros del siglo XVIII #Ilustraciones de obras de carácter científico #Pájaros #fondo antiguo

[thebotanicalarcade]

n145_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini, in hortis curiosorum nutrita. [S.l. :s.n.],1750-1773.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/678001

#1750 #Botany #Colored #Engravings #gmgpc #Pre-Linnean works #Missouri Botanical Garden #Peter H. Raven Library #bhl:page=678001 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/678001 #fruit #flickr #ficus #fig tree #ficus carica #common fig #botanical illustration #scientific illustration #fig #figs

[jamesgraybooksellerworld]

Physica Curiosa 1662 Gaspar Schott

563G Gaspar Schott 1608-1666 {Parts One and Two in two bindings } (Only three complete copies of this massive opus have come to auction in the last thirty-five years) P. Gasparis Schotti Regis Curiani E Societate Jesu, Olim in Panormitano Siciliæ, nunc in Herbipolitano Franconiæ Gymnasio ejusdem Societatis Jesu Matheseos Professoris, Physica Curiosa, Sive Mirabilia Naturæ Et Artis Libris XII.…

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#Abnormalities #demonology #Early works to 1800 #fantastic animals #Human #marvels of nature #Medical #Monsters #Natural history #Pre-Linnean works #science #Very rare #Zoology

[wapiti3]

History of the nature of birds. 

By Belon, Pierre, 1517 - 156

Publication info A Paris :... Gilles Corrozet ...,1555. Contributing Library: Research Library, The Getty Research Institute BioDiv. Library

#scientific illustration #ornithology #pre-linnean works #birds #natural history #illustrations

[elainemacintyre]

n504_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Monsters ar real! Loving all the Flickr photos from the Biodiversity Library. Happy Halloween, everyone!

#Natural history #Pictorial works #Pre-Linnean works #Smithsonian Institution Libraries #hydra #bhlMonstersRreal #Halloween

[owls-n-elderberries]

n757_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

#Botany #Pre-Linnean works #Missouri Botanical Garden #Peter H. Raven Library

[kinixysnatalensis]

n145_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands:. London :printed for C. Marsh [etc.]1754.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13414338

#Bahamas #Natural history #Pre-Linnean works #Southern States #Missouri Botanical Garden #Peter H. Raven Library #bhl:page=13414338 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13414338 #artist:name=Mark Catesby #artist:viaf=47612282 #Georgia #Florida #South Carolina #North Carolina #botany #plants #mammalogy #zoology #mammals #flowers #taxonomy:binomial=Cypripedium pubescens #taxonomy:common=greater yellow lady's slipper #taxonomy:binomial=Sciurus niger #taxonomy:common=Eastern fox squirrel #BHLCatesby #HistSciArt

[artefaus]

Picus maximus cresta rubra. Quercus sempervirens folijs oblongis non sinuatis / The large red crested Woodpecker por Fondo Antiguo de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla Por Flickr:   Autor: Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749 Descripción bibliográfica: The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants ; particulary the forest-trees, shrues, and other plants ... together with their descriptions in english and french, to wich are added observations on the air, soil, and waters, with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, [et]c. to the whole is prefixed a new correct map of the countries treated of ; Vol. I [-vol. II] / by the late Mark Catesby ... ; revis'd [sic] by Mr. Edwards ... = Histoire naturelle de La Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands ... Tome I [- tome II] / par Marc Catesby ... ; et revue par Edwards ...260 London : printed for C. Marsh ... : T. Wilcox ... :and B. Stichall ... ,1754 . - 2 v. ([4], [1] h. de map. pleg, XLIV, VII, [1] bl., 100 p., 100 h. de grab., [1] p. ; [2], 100, 20, [1] p., 100, 20 h. de grab.) ;Fol. Materia: Historia natural - Estados Unidos Materia: Ornitología - Obras anteriores a 1800 Materia: Historia natural - Bahamas Notas: Texto paralelo en inglés y francés. - Sign.: []2, A-L2, b-c2, A-2B2, []1.; []1, B-2C2, A-E2, []1. - Port. a dos tintas. - Las h. de grab. son calc. en col. - El mapa es grab. calc. de Carolina, Florida y las Islas Bahamas Revisor: Edwards, George, (1694-1773) Editor: Marsh, Charles Editor: Wilcox, Thomas Editor: Stichall, Benjamin Lugar de impresión: Gran Bretaña: Londres -Localización: fama.us.es/record=b1933262~S5*spi Libro completo: fondosdigitales.us.es/fondos/libros/3816/5/natural-history-carolina-florida-and-bahama-islands/

#Pajaros #Birds #1754 #siglo XVIII #Pre-Linnean Works #Bahamas #Florida #Carolina #Ornitología #Ornithology #Natural History #Historia Natural #Bibliomata #BUS #engravings #grabados #calcografía #chalcography #Estados Unidos #United States #América #Libros del siglo XVIII #Ilustraciones de obras de carácter científico #Pájaros #fondo antiguo