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The sea monk Rondelet's sea monk (1554)

The sea monk (monk-fish or monkfish) was a sea creature found off the eastern coast of the Danish island of Zealand in 1546. It was described as a "fish" that outwardly resembled a human monk in his habit. Rondelet's sea monk (1554) called it "the fish with the habit of a monk (piscis monachi habitu); he classed it as a merman (homo maris).
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The sea monk Rondelet's sea monk (1554)
The sea monk (monk-fish or monkfish) was a sea creature found off the eastern coast of the Danish island of Zealand in 1546. It was described as a "fish" that outwardly resembled a human monk in his habit. Rondelet's sea monk (1554) called it "the fish with the habit of a monk (piscis monachi habitu); he classed it as a merman (homo maris)
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3837 x 5466 px | 60.0 MB
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32.5 x 46.3 cm | 12.8 x 18.2 in (300 dpi)
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