This smiling echeneis looks like it is pushing the ship rather than holding it back. It is from a 13th century French version of "Liber de natura rerum". #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #echeneis
This medieval illustrator chose to give the echeneis feet, emphasising the amphibian quality with the colour and shape of the head. The illustration is in from a German version of the "Physiologus", 1300-1320. #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #echeneis
The echeneis was described as being a fish "half a foot in length" but otherwise was left to the illustrator's imagination. The illustrator of Ann Walsh's bestiary (1400-1425) went for generic fish as in this image. #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #echeneis
The medieval echeneis was a fish that clung to ships and slowed their passage and was found in the Indian Ocean. This fish and frustrated sailor are from the Bestiare of Pierre de Beauvais (13th century). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #echeneis
#remora in latino significa ritardo, ostacolo...questo nome s'applicò all'#echeneis, al pesce che trattiene le navi. La remora è un pesce di piccole dimensioni, color cenere; sulla testa e la nuca ha una placca ovale, le cui lamine cartilaginose gli servono per aderire #pneumaticamente agli altri corpi sottomarini. @chthulucene @sbrbs
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#remora in latino significa ritardo, ostacolo...questo nome s'applicò all'#echeneis, al pesce che trattiene le navi. La remora è un pesce di piccole dimensioni, color cenere; sulla testa e la nuca ha una placca ovale, le cui lamine cartilaginose gli servono per aderire #pneumaticamente agli altri corpi sottomarini. @chthulucene @sbrbs