{"id":591,"date":"2014-03-26T08:25:31","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T08:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/?p=591"},"modified":"2021-02-21T14:53:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T14:53:25","slug":"beasties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/2014\/03\/26\/beasties\/","title":{"rendered":"Beasties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen a startling number of beasties hiding out in our Collections over the years, and the time has come to celebrate them! From the delightful details in the margins of Books of Hours\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.is.ed.ac.uk\/luna\/servlet\/s\/2ohh23\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-592\" alt=\"0001118d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001118d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001118d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001118d-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001118d-714x1024.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026to the damsels in distress being rescued from fantastical monsters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.is.ed.ac.uk\/luna\/servlet\/s\/j49h1t\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-600\" alt=\"0003047d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0003047d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0003047d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0003047d-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is also wonderful to see the same story illustrated from 2 very different traditions: St. George and the Dragon in a Book of Hours circa 1500 and made in France for a Scottish owner&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/images.is.ed.ac.uk\/luna\/servlet\/s\/7go55y\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-593\" alt=\"0001121f\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001121f.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001121f.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001121f-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001121f-638x1024.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026or the strikingly different St. George and the Dragon in the Ethiopian Manuscript Gadala Georgois.<a href=\"http:\/\/images.is.ed.ac.uk\/luna\/servlet\/s\/p0c511\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-594\" alt=\"0001205d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001205d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001205d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0001205d-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t appear to matter where in the world -West, East, or South America- every nation has its own set of Beasties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0055477d.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-599\" alt=\"0055477d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0055477d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0055477d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0055477d-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0055477d-790x1024.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/images.is.ed.ac.uk\/luna\/servlet\/s\/1q3990\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-597\" alt=\"0009283d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0009283d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0009283d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0009283d-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some are fairly conventional sea monsters\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.is.ed.ac.uk\/luna\/servlet\/s\/ck0381\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-596\" alt=\"0005691d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0005691d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0005691d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0005691d-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026 \u00a0and some just down right bizarre,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.is.ed.ac.uk\/luna\/servlet\/s\/53g89c\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-598\" alt=\"0025731d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0025731d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0025731d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0025731d-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/03\/0025731d-787x1024.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>yet all bring a smile to my day!<\/p>\n<p>Susan Pettigrew<\/p>\n<p>Photographer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen a startling number of beasties hiding out in our Collections over the years, and the time has come to celebrate them! From the delightful details in the margins&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/2014\/03\/26\/beasties\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beasties<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[64,81,65,84],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}