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Medieval and Renaissance strange, weird and wonderful prints.Created by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 2017
Puzza sous une forme parallele a JSIS assise sur la fleur de LOTOS (detail)
Here we have strange, weird and wonderful prints and paintings by Medieval and Renaissance artists. Sometimes it is difficult to explain the scene, the whole thing just seems so ridiculous, and we get a good laugh out of it.
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Rolwerk langs een fries - Public domain dedication image

Rolwerk langs een fries - Public domain dedication image

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Plate 18: Orpheus led by Bacchus (Orfeo condotto da Bacco), from the series 'The magnificent pageant on the river Arno in Florence for the marriage of the Grand Duke' (Le Magnifique carousel fait sur le fleuve de l'Arne a Florence, pour le mariage du Grand Duc), for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, 1608

Plate 18: Orpheus led by Bacchus (Orfeo condotto da Bacco), from the s...

After Remigio Cantagallina (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro ca. 1582–1656 Florence) Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vignet met rolwerk en bladranken

Vignet met rolwerk en bladranken

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A dragon on top of a globe within an oval cartouche 1645

A dragon on top of a globe within an oval cartouche 1645

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Animalium, ferarum et bestiarum - Griffin -1663

Animalium, ferarum et bestiarum - Griffin -1663

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Azome austrement Dominis Aschone a

Azome austrement Dominis Aschone a

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

detail a - Hoefnagel, 1592 - Public domain  drawing

detail a - Hoefnagel, 1592 - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

detail c - Hoefnagel, 1592 - Public domain print

detail c - Hoefnagel, 1592 - Public domain print

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Galle Africa - Public domain portrait drawing

Galle Africa - Public domain portrait drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monstrosus Sur marinus - Public domain illustration drawing

Monstrosus Sur marinus - Public domain illustration drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vrouw met een hoofddoek en een kralenguirlande voor een constructie van rolwerk

Vrouw met een hoofddoek en een kralenguirlande voor een constructie va...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rolwerk met bloemen en bladranken

Rolwerk met bloemen en bladranken

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cartouche met rolwerk dat onderaan uitloopt in hermen

Cartouche met rolwerk dat onderaan uitloopt in hermen

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Collaert America 1551 - 1600 - Public domain scenic drawing

Collaert America 1551 - 1600 - Public domain scenic drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andre Gill - Conducting birds to sing

Andre Gill - Conducting birds to sing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of bird drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 e

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 e

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geometric perspective h - Public domain  drawing

Geometric perspective h - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geometric perspective j - Public domain  drawing

Geometric perspective j - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Imagine di Saturno.. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Imagine di Saturno.. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 17th century artwork depicting a person and landscape background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image ... More

Kurtzweil by J Wickram 1550 a

Kurtzweil by J Wickram 1550 a

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Pseudophyseter - Public domain illustration drawing

Pseudophyseter - Public domain illustration drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jacob Matham - Two Owls Skating

Jacob Matham - Two Owls Skating

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photogra... More

Constructie van rolwerk met twee mannen

Constructie van rolwerk met twee mannen

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ovale cartouche met rolwerk - Public domain dedication image

Ovale cartouche met rolwerk - Public domain dedication image

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Titelblad met rolwerk en figuren

Titelblad met rolwerk en figuren

Public domain photo of ornamental art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Paneel met satermasker tussen bladranken en rolwerk

Paneel met satermasker tussen bladranken en rolwerk

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Annals of Creation  (Naxi pictographs)

Annals of Creation (Naxi pictographs)

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain reproduction of artwork related to ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cabala, Speculum Artis Et Naturae In Alchymia by Stephan Michelspacher (1654) (dresden) b

Cabala, Speculum Artis Et Naturae In Alchymia by Stephan Michelspacher...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Bernard Picart - Dragon miniature (3)

Bernard Picart - Dragon miniature (3)

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 h

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 h

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Geometric perspective l - Public domain  drawing

Geometric perspective l - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I. Grampusa Mostro Marino II. Vitello Marino III. Goulù Mostro de Mari d'America.

I. Grampusa Mostro Marino II. Vitello Marino III. Goulù Mostro de Mari...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unicorns. Fox. Bird - Public domain dedication image

Unicorns. Fox. Bird - Public domain dedication image

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of early renaissance art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rolwerk waarin bovenaan een man met een masker op gevangen staat

Rolwerk waarin bovenaan een man met een masker op gevangen staat

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masker en profil met twee horens van rolwerk en een lauwerkrans

Masker en profil met twee horens van rolwerk en een lauwerkrans

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jan Saenredam - Angel Dying - Public domain  drawing

Jan Saenredam - Angel Dying - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th century Dutch drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cabalae Verior Descriptio by Anon. 1680 (dresden)

Cabalae Verior Descriptio by Anon. 1680 (dresden)

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Danse Fantastique 1830s - Caricature magazine

Danse Fantastique 1830s - Caricature magazine

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines -  Francisco de Holanda (1545-1573) m

De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines - Francisco de Holanda (1545-1573) m

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Denis Boutemie, orfèvre - print made by Nicolas Cochin 1658

Denis Boutemie, orfèvre - print made by Nicolas Cochin 1658

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 a

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 a

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Jan Saenredam - Father Time - Public domain portrait drawing

Jan Saenredam - Father Time - Public domain portrait drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th century Dutch drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gallus Indicus auritus tridactylus

Gallus Indicus auritus tridactylus

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geometric perspective g - Public domain  drawing

Geometric perspective g - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geometric perspective k - Public domain  drawing

Geometric perspective k - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Imagini di Trifone... - Drawing. Public domain image.

Imagini di Trifone... - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernard Picart - Free Masons. Les Free Massons

Bernard Picart - Free Masons. Les Free Massons

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Selenarhia, or, The government of the world in the moon by Cyrano Bergerac, 1659 (Beinecke)

Selenarhia, or, The government of the world in the moon by Cyrano Berg...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Set of twelve grotesque figures representing the twelve months of the year 1638 Denis Boutemie d

Set of twelve grotesque figures representing the twelve months of the ...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Veru a - Public domain dedication image

Veru a - Public domain dedication image

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ronde cartouche omgeven door rolwerk met guirlandes en vruchtentrossen

Ronde cartouche omgeven door rolwerk met guirlandes en vruchtentrossen

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Basilica Chymica 1611 - An old book with a picture of a clock on it

Basilica Chymica 1611 - An old book with a picture of a clock on it

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Beached Whale - Jacob Matham 1602

Beached Whale - Jacob Matham 1602

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Collaert Asia 1551 - 1600 - Public domain scenic drawing

Collaert Asia 1551 - 1600 - Public domain scenic drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eagle - Aquilla (detail) - (Tractatus de Herbis - Sloane 4016   f. 6)

Eagle - Aquilla (detail) - (Tractatus de Herbis - Sloane 4016 f. 6)

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 15th-century scientific book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 f

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 f

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

french gothic ornament via glyphjockey

french gothic ornament via glyphjockey

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of early renaissance art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geometric perspective i - Public domain  drawing

Geometric perspective i - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Griffin (Graz) - Drawing. Public domain image.

Griffin (Graz) - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martivs - Falck - Public domain portrait engraving

Martivs - Falck - Public domain portrait engraving

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monstrum alatum, and cornutum instar Cacodaemonis

Monstrum alatum, and cornutum instar Cacodaemonis

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orobonis Piscis effigies - Public domain portrait drawing

Orobonis Piscis effigies - Public domain portrait drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Set of twelve grotesque figures representing the twelve months of the year 1638 Denis Boutemie

Set of twelve grotesque figures representing the twelve months of the ...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Rolwerk met een vruchtenkorf in het midden

Rolwerk met een vruchtenkorf in het midden

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Rolwerk met zes kinderen - Public domain dedication image

Rolwerk met zes kinderen - Public domain dedication image

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Frame van rolwerk met twee saters, een herme en een kind

Frame van rolwerk met twee saters, een herme en een kind

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Masker van rolwerk - Public domain dedication image

Masker van rolwerk - Public domain dedication image

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chatelain, Atlas Historique, 1732

Chatelain, Atlas Historique, 1732

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines -  Francisco de Holanda (1545-1573) d

De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines - Francisco de Holanda (1545-1573) d

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eden - Death's Dance (BSB .. 1548)

Eden - Death's Dance (BSB .. 1548)

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain sc... More

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 d

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 d

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Frauenzimmer Gesprechspiele 1646 d

Frauenzimmer Gesprechspiele 1646 d

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Guglielmus Becanus - Ferdindandi Hispaniarum Infantis 1636

Guglielmus Becanus - Ferdindandi Hispaniarum Infantis 1636

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Fantastic fire breezing animals

Fantastic fire breezing animals

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Monstrum Marinum rudimenta habitus Episcopi referens

Monstrum Marinum rudimenta habitus Episcopi referens

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mysteryes of Nature by John Bate

Mysteryes of Nature by John Bate

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tête d'un satyre aux cornes nouées

Tête d'un satyre aux cornes nouées

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Vogelbuch by Conrad Gesner (1600 edition) (detail)

Vogelbuch by Conrad Gesner (1600 edition) (detail)

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

François-Émile Ehrmann, Oedipus and the Sphinx (cropped)

François-Émile Ehrmann, Oedipus and the Sphinx (cropped)

Public domain image of a mythological scene, classic mythology, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ovale cartouche met rolwerk - Public domain dedication image

Ovale cartouche met rolwerk - Public domain dedication image

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Anatomical Man with the Planets

Anatomical Man with the Planets

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Argentium a - Public domain  drawing

Argentium a - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Collaert Africa 1551 - 1600 - Public domain  drawing

Collaert Africa 1551 - 1600 - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Collectanea chymica Leidensia by Christopher Love Morley, Theodorus Muyckens, 1700 (dresden)

Collectanea chymica Leidensia by Christopher Love Morley, Theodorus Mu...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Das wunderbarliche Vogel-Nest by Hans Grimmelshausen , 1675

Das wunderbarliche Vogel-Nest by Hans Grimmelshausen , 1675

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 j

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 j

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Félicien Rops frontispiece in Baudelaire's 'Les Épaves' 1866

Félicien Rops frontispiece in Baudelaire's 'Les Épaves' 1866

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of death, macabre, skeleton, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Imagine di Cerere Siciliana... - Drawing. Public domain image.

Imagine di Cerere Siciliana... - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Mandragora - Public domain botanical illustration

Mandragora - Public domain botanical illustration

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Marten de Vos - inkwash Allegory of Asia

Marten de Vos - inkwash Allegory of Asia

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of a horse chariot, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Obscoena Pighettiana - Drawing. Public domain image.

Obscoena Pighettiana - Drawing. Public domain image.

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Set of twelve grotesque figures representing the twelve months of the year 1638 Denis Boutemie c

Set of twelve grotesque figures representing the twelve months of the ...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Elderly Fool and His Cat (c. 1660)

The Elderly Fool and His Cat (c. 1660)

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th-century Flemish artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ornament met rolwerk van bladranken en hoornen des overvloed

Ornament met rolwerk van bladranken en hoornen des overvloed

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plate 13: Argonauts Meleager and Tydeus led by Cupid (Meleagro et Tideo Argonotes condotti da Cupido), from the series 'The magnificent pageant on the river Arno in Florence for the marriage of the Grand Duke' (Le Magnifique carousel fait sur le fleuve de l'Arne a Florence, pour le mariage du Grand Duc), for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, 1608

Plate 13: Argonauts Meleager and Tydeus led by Cupid (Meleagro et Tide...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Drexel, Hieremias -  'Reverendi Patris Hieremiae Drexelii e Societate Jesu' 1662 (HAB)

Drexel, Hieremias - 'Reverendi Patris Hieremiae Drexelii e Societate ...

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 g

Emblemata Nova by Andreas Friedrichen, 1617 g

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gallus monstrosus - Public domain  drawing

Gallus monstrosus - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Antonio Tempesta - Hercules and Dragon

Antonio Tempesta - Hercules and Dragon

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain photograph of 17th century Italian drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monstra Niliaca Parei - Public domain  drawing

Monstra Niliaca Parei - Public domain drawing

Collection of strange images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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