November 5, 2021

Guess That Medieval Beast 9

         It’s been quite a while since our last round of Guess That Medieval Beast, so I’ll just remind you that if you’d like to start at the beginning and test yourself with the earlier rounds, go to the Labels list in the sidebar and click on “game,” which is down near the bottom of the list.
        And now, without further ado, our Round 9 Mystery Creature!  This creature appears in a copy of Der naturen bloeme from about 1350, one of those works that is just beginning the transition from medieval bestiary to renaissance encyclopedia.  To describe this thing is perfectly straightforward: it’s a fish with hands.  It seems to be using its hands to reach its big, toothy mouth, but that’s about all the picture tells us, although it does have very nicely detailed gills, scales, and fins, and an attractive coloration.  Go ahead and make your guess: what sort of creature is this?


4 comments:

Charlotte (MotherOwl) said...

This was funny. I only got the salamander rigth. Thank you for posting these, and thanks for covering up the textual clues as I am someone who would read through mediæval Latin or Dutch to find a verbal clue :)

Anne E.G. Nydam said...

Glad you enjoyed it. Did Round 8 reveal the correct answer for you? I realized I'd messed up the "reveal the answer" html, so I just fixed it.

Charlotte (MotherOwl) said...

Yes id did, and I would not have guiessed that one in a thousand years,

JadeLi said...

Sort of like a merman.