Mořská monstra

The encyclopaedia by the 13th century author Thomas of Cantimpré contains basic knowledge of human anatomy, zoology, botany, mineralogy and cosmology. Based on Aristotle's zoological works and Pliny's treatise on nature, Thomas describes in the sixth book, which focuses on sea monsters, creatures that attracted the attention of medieval readers with their strange or terrifying appearance and behaviour. The publication will include a facsimile of two illuminated copies of this work, which were made in Bohemia in the 14th-15th centuries.

Czech edition