Serpentarium Mundi of Alexei Alexeev The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present)
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Figure NAM-can-068. Winged, long-necked, foliated dragon with a grotesque, maned (?) head and protruding tongue, disgorging (or preparing to snatch?) two little spiky objects (ivy berries or hexapede spiders?).


Medium: Category
(Object):
Artist/Workshop: Historical/Art
Period, Date:
Provenience: Collection:
Polychrome
pigments, black
ink, gold, paper
Illuminated manuscript
(Book of Hours
for the use of
Paris
, decorated
marginalia,
detail)
Unknown French Gothic,
1410-1415 AD
Paris, France Special Exhibition: Resplendent Illuminations:
Books of Hours from the 13th to the 16th Century in Quebec Collections

(5 September 2018 -
6 January 2019
)
Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice, Montreal, Inventory № ? &
Musée des Beaux
Arts de Montréal, Montreal

Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First* Canadian Expedition, 6-8 September 2015, 20-21 May 2017, 1-3 September 2017, 23-24 September 2018). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details).

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