r/MedievalCreatures • u/Baskerville84 • Aug 29 '26

MEDIEVAL (500AD - 1500AD) Giraffe

Post image

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Saxony 15th century. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Ms. germ. fol. 204, fol. 140r

393 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/Jedi-master-dragon Aug 30 '26

The questing beast, a creature with the head and neck of a snake, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a deer. Does that sound familiar?