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Hermaphrodite twins from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

Janus head or two-faced man

MONSTROSITY: Winged Monster. Ulisse Aldrovandi,

Signor Saltarino.

Two human figures showing abnormalities, one with a face on the torso and the other with the body of a child on the torso

Sporadic Cretinism

Three figures with abnormalities, one figure has rabbit ears, one has horns and the other one has hooves

Two human heads with abnormality, one frontal view with no nose and one profile with large nose

Two human figures with abnormalities

Hermaphrodite from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

MONSTROSITY: Cyclop. Ulisse Aldrovandi, Opera omnia Bononiae : apud

ABNORMALITIES: Tabulae ad illustrandam embry

MONSTROSITY: Sea Monter

Multi-coloured people

Monster from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

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Abnormalities

Images from the collections

Images about Abnormalities

Works from the collections

ABNORMALITIES: Tabulae ad illustrandam embry

Two human figures with abnormalities

MONSTROSITY: Sea Monter

Multi-coloured people

Monster from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

Abnormalities

Images from the collections

Images about Abnormalities

Works from the collections

ABNORMALITIES: Tabulae ad illustrandam embry

Two human figures with abnormalities

MONSTROSITY: Sea Monter

Multi-coloured people

Monster from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

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