02.01.2022

 

Tabula Caelo

Hic Sunt Dracones

02.01.2022

47°28'8"N

8°9'23"E

 

Ink and wax on paper

 

"Here be dragons" (Latin: hic sunt dracones) means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a medieval practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea monsters and other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential dangers were thought to exist.

Source: wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_be_dragons