Another Medley of Dragons.

Another Medley of Dragons in various media . 

Islamic Manuscript on Astrology / Astronomy 

Chinese Lacquer 

A Korean Vase Note how the dragon curves around the vase.

Finally a Studio Ghibli showing a fusion of western and eastern styles in this illustration of 2 characters from an anime film Spirited Away.

More Dragons

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MORE DRAGONS

Lets start with the famous Hartley Dragon  which is also an example of text boxs frames and breaking the frame !

A Dragon Slayer showing a generous usage of ultramarine blue 

from a few centuries later the story of Vortigern and the Dragons!

 and finally back to the carolingian era 

enjoy both the crisp clear lettering and the image of the dragon standard and note how over the centuries as styles changed the ratio and layout of text to image also changes ?