Æneas Sylvius on barnacle tree, [174]

Ætius on basilisk, [49];
on dryinus, [49]

“Africa, History of,” Leo, [30]

Agnus Dei, as a badge, [74]

Alaus Magnus on kraken, [150]

Albertus Magnus, “De Virtutibus Herbarum,” [234];
dragon, [28];
on pigmies, [125]

Alchemists and phœnix, [54]

Aldrovandus, “Monstrorum Historia,” [31], [79], [87], [161]

Alimos plant, [197]

Amaranth, [177]