Eyn seltzam vnd Wunderbarlich Thier
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e-manuscripta, Zentralbibliothek Zürich, public domain
Contributors: M. S. / Hans Adam
e-manuscripta, Zentralbibliothek Zürich, public domain
Eyn seltzam vnd Wunderbarlich Thier …, hand-coloured woodcut, after 1599, woodcut: M.S., after a drawing by Melchior Lorck, print: Hans Adam; source: e-manuscripta, Zentralbibliothek Zürich, https://doi.org/10.7891/e-manuscripta-92218, public domain, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/deed.en.
This drawing of a giraffe, after a sketch by Melchior Lorck (or Lorichs, 1527–ca. 1590), served as a template for a broadsheet in Nuremberg. The accompanying text emphasizes that Lorck had seen the animal with his own eyes in Constantinople.
Eyn seltzam vnd Wunderbarlich Thier …, hand-coloured woodcut, after 1599, woodcut: M.S., after a drawing by Melchior Lorck, print: Hans Adam; source: e-manuscripta, Zentralbibliothek Zürich, https://doi.org/10.7891/e-manuscripta-92218, public domain, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/deed.en.