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Black-and-white woodcut of two nude conjoined figures with long wavy hair standing side by side on a ground line.

Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.

A black-and-white woodcut shows a pair of conjoined figures standing side by side on a ground line, their bodies fused at the torso and hips. Both have long, wavy hair falling over their shoulders, and they are drawn with dense parallel hatching typical of 16th-century printed book illustration.

Artist
Conrad Lycosthenes
Date
Mense Augusto anno MDLVII [1557]
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3812 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1557.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Gemelos unidos, xilografía de la Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon (1557)

Una xilografía en blanco y negro muestra a dos figuras unidas, de pie una junto a la otra sobre una línea de suelo, con los cuerpos fusionados a la altura del torso y las caderas. Ambas tienen cabello largo y ondulado que cae sobre los hombros, dibujado con tramas paralelas densas propias de la ilustración impresa del siglo XVI.

Português: Gêmeos unidos, xilogravura do Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon (1557)

Uma xilogravura em preto e branco mostra duas figuras unidas, de pé lado a lado sobre uma linha de chão, com os corpos fundidos na altura do tronco e dos quadris. Ambas têm cabelos longos e ondulados caindo sobre os ombros, desenhados com hachuras paralelas densas típicas da ilustração impressa do século XVI.