Figure de la beste Thanacth

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Image of a Thanacth being hunted. The Thanacth is a monster with the head of a man and covered in curly black hair. It is a gentle beast and is hunted by people living near the Red Sea.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1073. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.1073

Spatial Coverage

Africa

Red Sea

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure de la beste Thanacth,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 27, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3139.