I Guess Over The Years,

we have all seen ancient pictures,

depicting fantastical creature, flying or on land, sometimes in the sea as well as heavenly events, but now with the publishing of a new book they will all be in one place, so instead of buying lots of manuscripts and books to see these early renderings of the superstitious vestiges of the post-Medieval minds Taschen’s has a new, 568-page boxed volume called the Book of Miracles, 

the Protestant citizens of Augsburg, Germany, were enthusiastic and active collectors of portrayals of portentous signs, as well as written descriptions of ancient and astrological prophecies, gathering the myriad broadsheets and pamphlets about the imminent apocalypse into so-called Books of Wonders, of which the privately commissioned Augsburg Book of Miraculous Signs is probably the most important surviving example, it was a way for people to connect the dots between ancient prophecies, their contemporary fears, and unexplainable phenomena, especially in the skies, but now you can a copy of these wonders, for just £65.00 plus postage it can be yours, then you too can read about the picture above describe below,

"In the year 1533, in October, flying dragons were seen in Bohemia and the Vogtland, as well as in the small area of Ascher (Aš, city in Czech Republic), a crest on their heads, a snout like a pig, and with two wings, this then lasted several days, such that more than four hundred of them flew together each day, both big and small, just as is painted here."