marsiouxpial:
sirin by ivan bilibin
(Source: cocoroachchanel)
awakeinthedream:
Untitled (by ►i.anton)
untitled (by Eleanor Hardwick)
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This standard, or alam, would have been used in religious processions and is made of perforated gilt copper. The ornamental calligraphy arranged within a frame in the form of a bird of prey is the Shia Muslim prayer, the Nadi cAli, or ‘Call to Ali’, praising the son-in-law of the Prophet. The standard is thought to have been made in Delhi in the 17th century.
A harpy; facing left; bird-like creature with a long tail and human head,by Melchior Lorck,c. 1582
Bird of Paradise,Thomas Bewick,1753-1828
The skeletons of an eagle, swan, ostrich and a crane. Engraving by Lodge after Brown. c. 1791
