"The Weaver's Loom" by Jessi St John is set in an alternative 19th century London where witches live in uneasy peace with humans but now witches are disappearing and old powers are stirring. #bookrecommendations #tbrlist #theweaversloom #jessistjohn #fantasy

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Image: Rembrandt (1606–1669) #jumblepublishing #publishing #selfpublishing #editing #artworks #rembrandt

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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

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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

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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

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