This historic Wrocław water tower is situated in Borek, the district of Krzyki

Construction

Built 1904-1905 beside Wiśniowa Avenue and Sudecka Street junction, the tower supplied water to the residents of the southern districts of Wrocław for many years. The tower is 63 meters high. It was equipped with an electric lift from the very beginning. From June 1906 the lift allowed people to reach an observation deck situated at a height of 42 meters, from which one could admire the vista of Wrocław, its surroundings and Mount Ślęża.

Two sculptors, Taschner and Bednorz, decorated the lower part of the building with bas-reliefs in sandstone, representing fantastic creatures reminiscent of medieval bestiaries. From a fountain situated on the north-eastern façade flowed crystal clear water that had its source in the tower’s vault.

In 1995 the tower was purchased from the city by the Stephan Elektronik Investment Company. The building was rejuvenated and started its new life as a stylish restaurant complex, called Wieża Cisnień

“Oh no! The mandrake has the wand again!”

The little wizard wonders if he should step in…

Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following magical creations, which are all available at Witchcraft & Wizardry:

Duvet Day’s Table, and Magnifying Glass!

Static’s Fantastic Bestiary Books!

Bee That Way’s Occamie Tea Cup!

bubble’s Fantastic Creatures Cookie!

Random Matter’s Bookcases, and Book Stack, which are all part of the Reading Room Collection!

Raindale’s Netherkeep Desk, and Netherkeep Scroll!

Broken Arrow’s Witchcraft Magic Lights, and Witchcraft Magic Mess!

Digital Farm System’s Stuffy Sassparello Mandrake!

Rainbow Sundae’s Ember's Wand!

Disorderly’s Magic Ingredients, which are part of the Strudel Sorcery Collection!

Tardfish’s Pilfer Buddehs (Yellow and Black)!

Your ride to Witchcraft & Wizardry!

Keep telling your stories.

Keep making your magic.

Keep shining bright, my friends!

FEATURED EXHIBITION - Book of Beasts

The Bestiary in the Medieval World

May 14–August 18, 2019, GETTY CENTER

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Eyeshadow: .Milk Blood. Greta Set

Eyeliner: .Milk Blood. Greta Set

Chocolate frog: Insomnia Angel . Leliel's chocolate frog

Wand: *Rainbow Sundae* Ember's Wand

Bowtruckle (Pickett): Sex'i Poses [Fantastic] Fatpack

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Bookcase: Random Matter - Reading Room

Display case: Random Matter - Reading Room

Book stack: Random Matter - Reading Room

Arm chair: [DD] Newt's Stuff

Suitcase: [DD] Newt's Stuff

Net: [DD] Newt's Stuff

Stool: [DD] Newt's Stuff

Books and wand: BROKEN ARROWS - Witchcraft

Magic lights: BROKEN ARROWS - Witchcraft

Scroll: Raindale - Netherkeep

Trunk: MVT - Mini wizard trunk

Niffler: .Tardfish. Pilfer Buddeh

Open book: ::Static:: Fantastic Bestiary

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Fireheart : Holdable Dragon Eggs @ Witchcraft & Wizardry.

Static : Fantastic Bestiary {Red} @ Witchcraft & Wizardry.

Broken Arrows : Witchcraft - Magic Mess (Green) @ Witchcraft & Wizardry.

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Scarlet Ibis. What would life be, with a beak like this?

(Still a few more bestiary photos to come.)

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Taken at Blijdorp - Rotterdam Zoo in one of the aviaries where you walk among the tropical vegetation and fluttering birds.

Violet Turaco or Musophaga Violacea (Touraco violet en francais) from Western Africa.

Dalmeny Kirk is the Romanesque 12th century church at the heart of Dalmeny village. It is one of the best preserved Norman parish churches in Scotland.

The church dominates the village in terms of its height and architecture. It was built in the early 12th century and has 17th century additions, with the tower constructed in 1937. The main entrance to the church is on the south elevation where its bestiary carvings and Romanesque columns are of particular architectural merit and are widely documented. The national importance of Dalmeny Kirk is reflected by its category A listing. The churchyard is also listed and contains a variety of graves and monuments with the earliest dating from 1678.

Le Naga est un être mythique qui garde les trésors de la nature et apporte la prospérité. L’Asie et son bestiaire fantastique viennent faire la fête à Nice. Naga, dressé sur sa muraille, surveille de son regard de braise ses trésors millénaires. Mais Nice est pleine de malice et lui joue un tour …Dragons, lanternes et porcelaines de carton-pâte n’ont rien à craindre ! (Source Site officiel Carnaval de Nice)

The Naga is a mythical being who guards the treasures of nature and brings prosperity. Asia and its fantastic bestiary come to party in Nice. Naga, standing on its wall, watches its thousand-year-old treasures with its smoldering gaze. But Nice is full of mischief and plays a trick on it...Dragons, lanterns and cardboard porcelain have nothing to fear! (Source Nice Carnival official website)

Altro capolavoro del museo etrusco di Chiusi è la Sfinge.“Questo particolare tipo di statuario di bestiario mitologico etrusco veniva posto all’ingresso delle necropoli con lo scopo di traghettare il defunto nel mondo ultraterreno. Sfingi etrusche sono sparse su tutto il territorio,. La più famosa è sicuramente la sfinge etrusca al museo archeologico nazionale di Chiusi, in pietra, alata e con volto di donna”

Another masterpiece of the Etruscan museum of Chiusi is the Sphinx."This particular type of statuary of Etruscan mythological bestiary was placed at the entrance to the necropolis with the aim of ferrying the deceased into the afterlife. Etruscan sphinxes are scattered throughout the territory. The most famous is certainly the Etruscan sphinx at the national archaeological museum of Chiusi, in stone, winged and with a woman's face "

"From Wikipedia"

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🇫🇷 Les blocs creusés et sculptés sur ces hauteurs impressionnantes, plongent dans une mer intensément bleue et composent un bestiaire fabuleux qui dessine des silhouettes inattendues au gré de la disposition des Tafoni,(*) les anfractuosités formées dans la pierre par l’érosion

(*) tafoni, en corse=pluriel de tafonu) désigne en géomorphologie une forme en creux arrondie, de plusieurs décimètres à plusieurs mètres de diamètre, creusée sur une surface rocheuse

🇬🇧 The blocks carved and sculpted on these impressive heights plunge into an intensely blue sea and form a fabulous bestiary that creates unexpected silhouettes depending on the arrangement of the tafoni, (*) the crevices formed in the stone by erosion.

(*) tafoni, in Corsican = plural of tafonu) refers in geomorphology to a rounded hollow shape, ranging from several decimetres to several metres in diameter, carved into a rocky surface.

🇩🇪 Die aus diesen beeindruckenden Höhen herausgehauten und gemeißelten Blöcke tauchen in ein intensiv blaues Meer ein und bilden ein fabelhaftes Bestiarium, das je nach Anordnung der Tafoni(*) – den durch Erosion im Stein entstandenen Spalten – unerwartete Silhouetten zeichnet

(*) tafoni, auf Korsisch = Plural von tafonu) bezeichnet in der Geomorphologie eine abgerundete Vertiefung mit einem Durchmesser von mehreren Dezimetern bis zu mehreren Metern, die in eine Felsfläche gegraben wurde.

🇪🇸 Los bloques excavados y esculpidos en estas impresionantes alturas se sumergen en un mar de un azul intenso y componen un fabuloso bestiario que dibuja siluetas inesperadas según la disposición de los tafoni (*), las hendiduras formadas en la piedra por la erosión

(*) tafoni, en corso = plural de tafonu) designa en geomorfología una forma cóncava redondeada, de varios decímetros a varios metros de diámetro, excavada en una superficie rocosa.

🇮🇹 I blocchi scavati e scolpiti su queste imponenti alture si tuffano in un mare di un blu intenso e compongono un favoloso bestiario che disegna sagome inaspettate a seconda della disposizione dei Tafoni, (*) le fessure formate nella pietra dall'erosione

(*) tafoni, in corso = plurale di tafonu) indica in geomorfologia una forma concava arrotondata, da diversi decimetri a diversi metri di diametro, scavata su una superficie rocciosa.

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The enchanted bestiary escapes from the fairy tales book.

The Scene:

• evil baby - Creature Book (out now at Wizarding Faire!)

• random.Matter - The Watcher - cage, journal, quill and inks

• static - Deathly Horse Skeleton Miniature (out now at Wizarding Faire!)

• static - Fantastic Bestiary {Purple} Closed

• insomnia angel - Leliel's chocolate frog

• kore - Zaira's Hybrid (out now at Wizarding Faire!)

• kraftWork + pitaya - Reading Nook. Grey rug

• lux aeternia - [The Dusty Parlor] Skybox

• pitaya - Harry's Books

• pitaya - Laly's book (out now at Wizarding Faire!)

• raindale - Nightingale bed

• cubic cherry - {Eleos} grimoire stand (out now at Wizarding Faire!)

• cubic cherry - {Kelesis} candles (out now at Wizarding Faire!)

• • krescendo - Owl Light (out now at Wizarding Faire!)

lost dollie - Dorm Bedding - Dark Silk (out now at Wizarding Faire!)

• dust bunny & con - leviosa desk

Wizarding Faire runs from July 23rd at 12pm until August 6th for you to come get all your wizarding bits and bobs, and explore the amazing world created at the Mischief Managed sim. ♥

Don't forget to check out the hunt going on too while you're there! Vendors have hidden items throughout the castle with exclusive items ranging from 0-10L.

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Petite clochette religieuse en bronze gravé d'un bestiaire (Agnus - Leo - Aquila - Pelicanus) par Beaurain (19ème siècle).

Small religious bell in bronze engraves with a bestiary by BEAURAIN (19ème)

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"Hurray, I'm so excited what this new week will bring…….I smell something good….", says this tiny heraldic dragon.

Perhaps you say it doesn't look like a dragon, that what I thought too, but according to WiKi (and the designer) it is a dragon ;-)):

"""Originally, heraldic dragons could have any number of legs, but, by the late Middle Ages, due to the widespread proliferation of bestiaries, heraldry began to distinguish between a "dragon" (which could only have exactly four legs) and a "wyvern" (which could only have exactly two).

A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in Western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence. Commonalities between dragons' traits are often a hybridization of feline, reptilian, mammalian, and avian features."""

Folded this origami dragon from one stroke of elephant paper 1:8 ( 7x56cm). Final size: length 17,5cm, height 9,5cm, width 1cm

Model: origami Moose's Dragon

Design: Emmanuel Mooser

Diagrams on the CD: The Origami World of Neal Elias by Dave Venables and Marc Cooman

Château de la Trémolière, 16ème et 17ème s, classé MH (1981)

La Trémolière est un fief attesté au 15ème siècle avec un château constitué d'un corps de logis de plan rectangulaire à trois niveaux flanqué d'une tour d'escalier ronde hors œuvres datée 1685. La porte de la tour escalier peut être datée de le deuxième fin du 16ème siècle.

L'édifice a été inscrit monument historique en 1963, puis en partie classé en 1981 (façades, toitures et tour d'escalier, et les deux pièces lambrissées au premier étage et les deux du deuxième étage).

Le jardin du château (verger de Déduit) est de composition contemporaine sur le thème du bestiaire fantastique des tapisseries et du Roman de la rose (inventorié comme jardin remarquable)

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Château de la Trémolière, 16th and 17th century, classified French National Heritage (1981)

The Trémolière is a fief attested in the 15th century with a castle consisting of a rectangular building with three levels flanked by a round staircase tower outside works dated 1685. The door of the stair tower can be dated to the second end of the 16th century.

The building was listed as a French National Heritage monument in 1963, then partly classified in 1981 (facades, roofs and stair tower, and the two paneled rooms on the first floor and the two on the second floor).

The garden of the castle (orchard of Déduit) is of contemporary composition on the theme of the fantastic bestiary of the tapestries and the Romance of the rose (inventoried as Remarkable garden)

Anglards-de-Salers, Pays de Salers, Mauriac, Cantal

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The Middle Ages that first appeared over the historical horizon was the Middle Ages of the romantics, a stirring, picturesque and brightly coloured world where saints and sinners jostled familiarly in the crowd, a world which expressed its deepest aspirations in architecture, sculpture and poetry. And that, too, is the Middle Ages of symbolism, where realities dissolved into the mystical meanings with which they were charged by artists and thinkers, so that the book of nature became a sort of Bible with things for words. Bestiaries, Mirrors of the World, stained glass, cathedral proches, each in its own way expressed a symbolic universe in which things, taken in their essences, are merely so many expressions of God.

-Etienne Gilson, The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy, pg. 100

Mixed Bestiary

Tikki enjoying the fact that I have an appreciation of (and information about) her ancestors. (also that, like the cats in the illustration, I can ensure that she gets a (cough)cat treat(cough)).

(Happy Caturday theme 15 May 2021, Books. (Not going for the book title reference aspect, this time.) Tikki and I are enjoying the "British Museum Book of Cats" by Juliet Clutton-Brock copyright 1988. The 3 cats one rat is from the Harleian Bestiary (13th C), the cat playing a tabor on the other page is a B&W photo of the Queen Mary's Psalter from early 14th C. )

Le bestiaire du château d'Abbadia. The bestiary of Abbadia Castle.

Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements toujours très appréciés.

Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments

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Shot in the garden, by the river .... I am not fed up yet with my bestiary series. Are you?

“Spider silk weighs almost nothing--a thread of silk long enough to loop the Earth would weigh a pound or less--but it is one of the strongest materials on the planet: five times stronger than a strand of steel of the same thickness.”

― Katherine Rundell, Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures

Don't you love it when your eyes suddenly catch something and you just know the spider left it there for you? Thanks, little arachnid friends!

An energetic boxed canvas by wildlife artist Robert Oxley.

For his dazzling Primal Colours collection, Robert adopted a primary colour palette to reinvent art history. Diving into the narrative of animals, he researched cave paintings and bestiaries and took his own reference photography to capture the majesty of the animal kingdom.

Robert says: "The title is a word that represents the majesty of the lion. As far back as the Upper Palaeolithic period (around 40,000 years ago), lions have been a symbol of strength and nobility across the globe. They are ingrained in human culture but remain one of the most primal and instinctual animals and the king of beasts.”

Built from the 11th century onwards and completed in the 15th century, it is the spiritual and human centre.

The four galleries are arranged around a small courtyard with a rainwater cistern inside.

Each gallery opens onto the courtyard through arcatures resting on columns surmounted by capitals

The NORTH GALLERY is the oldest and had a funerary function.

At the end of the gallery, the vaults are supported by strong consoles

which illustrate a fabulous bestiary (salamanders, quadrupeds.)

A WESTERN GALLERY Under a pediment with two ramps and a segmental arch decorated with fleurons, two tombs carved into the rock.

The remains and ashes of the first benefactors of the abbey in the 11th century have been placed in these tombs.

This is the only gallery in the cloister to have retained its Romanesque capitals

Algonquin Island, Toronto Island, Toronto

I decided that 'full' version of this guy suits the witcher's bestiary more, than this one

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The Hoopoes have dramatic black and white wing patterns (the patterns vary between the species) that show in flight.

Their habitat is open cultivated ground with short grass or bare patches. They spend much time on the ground hunting insects and worms. That diet may have been among the reasons the Hoopoe is included on the Old Testament's list of unclean birds (see Leviticus 11:19 and Deuteronomy 14:18).

The Hoopoe is 25–29cm long, with a 44–48cm wingspan. This black, white and pink bird is quite unmistakable, especially in its erratic flight, which is like that of a giant butterfly. The crest is erectile, but is mostly kept closed. It walks on the ground like a starling.

The song is a trisyllabic "oop-oop-oop", which gives rise to its English and scientific names.

Hoopoes in human culture

* The Hoopoe featured in Greek mythology. Once a man, Tereus was transformed into the form of a Hoopoe. The character featured prominently in Aristophanes' Birds.

* In Islam, the Hoopoe is associated with King Solomon who spoke with animals, ( in Arabic the Prophet Suleyman ) and he tells him of the Queen of Sheba and her magnificent land. Quran 27:20-28.

* In classical Chinese poetry, the Hoopoe is depicted as a celestial messenger often bearing news of the spring. The Hoopoe is generally considered auspicious in China thanks to its unique beauty.

* On the other hand, the word "dupe" was originally a French dialect word for a Hoopoe, which was applied to unintelligent people because the bird was considered to look stupid.

* A hoopoe figures centrally in The Conference of the Birds, one of the central works of Sufi literature.

* Hoopoes and their blood are often-called-for instruments in many medieval Western magical practices, often associated with various kinds of divination and necromancy.

* Hoopoes are featured in some Medieval Bestiaries, where they are claimed to care for their parents when they get old.

These beautiful birds are very rare and only exist in the remote corners of Bangladesh few in numbers.

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Détail du portail principal de l'église Saint-Maclou, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France.

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Of the most dangerous creatures you'll find in your Bestiary, none are more frighting or equally laughable as the Cockatrice.

Built for the 2016 MocAthalon, under the team banner of the Masters of Floccinaucinihilipilification

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Wishing you all a happy Easter weekend, whether you celebrate or not.

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Parc de Clères, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France.

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Exposition Photo et Poésie dans le cadre du Printemps des poètes à "L'Atelier 14" Clermont Ferrand...

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Photo and poetry exhibition as part of the spring of poets at "L'Atelier 14" Clermont Ferrand ...

Nicolas Sanchez (AKA AlfAlfa) is a Venezuelan artist now based in Toronto. He began his artistic studies at an early age and later found a focus on mural painting in Uruguay at the School of Beaux Arts. He has supplemented his formal education through international art residencies and commissions, and has spent 4 years travelling the world, painting in 3 continents and 25 countries.

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Détail de façade du château de la Reine Blanche à Coye-la-Forêt, Oise, Picardie, France.

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Fixed LP, take a short walk to the teleporter to go up.

Shop Window with Reflections of the Street

Shot Avenue Daumesnil - Paris 75012 - France -

Sorry but the shop window was scratched, as a lot in Paris !!!

My Urban Bestiary: Chimpanzee