The watermark in the lower right corner of the image will not appear on the final print.
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Dimensions
Image:
14.00" x 6.50"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
19.50" x 12.00"
Aspidochelone, Legendary Sea Monster Framed Print
by Photo Researchers
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Aspidochelone, Legendary Sea Monster framed print by Photo Researchers. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
According to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, the aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature. It is a great whale, that has what... more
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Artist's Description
According to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, the aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature. "It is a great whale, that has what appear to be beaches on its hide, like those from the seashore. This creature raises its back above the waves of the sea, so that sailors believe that it is just an island, so that when they see it, it appears to them to be a sandy beach such as is common along the sea-shore. Believing it to be an island, they beach their ship alongside it, and disembarking, they plant stakes and tie up the ships. Then, in order to cook a meal after this work, they make fires on the sand as if on land. But when the monster feels the heat of these fires, it immediately submerges into the water, and pulls the ship into the depths of the sea." It has also been credited as a Trolual and appeared in Genser's great zoological work, Historiae animalium, 16th century, inspired by the Carta Marina of Olaus Magnus. A trolual was a sea monster found in ancient stor...
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