Skeleton, Mediaeval Bestiary Art Mouse Mat

Skeleton, Mediaeval Bestiary Art Mouse Pad Do not rattle the bones. A skeleton keeps the name and the grave together. So warns the scroll at the foot of this illuminated bestiary page, devoted to the skeleton. The whole pad is laid out like a scholar's field guide. A gold illuminated drop cap S opens the title SKELETON. The left column records its classification (Bone), habitat (cloister), and temperament (patient), a row of skulls for its threat, then its strengths (bone armour, silent step, old memory, and unending watch) and weaknesses (holy water, a named grave, and broken bones). The centre window holds a painterly portrait of a grinning skeleton standing in a shadowed cloister, and the right column carries sepia ink field sketches of a skull, a hollow eye, and cloister arches beside a compass rose. Aged parchment sits inside an illuminated border of gold filigree, coiling green serpents, red roses, and blue and red jewels, a handsome desk piece for fantasy readers, tabletop players, and Myth And Monsters collectors. • Skeleton bestiary page with a gold drop cap S • Field guide entry with classification, habitat, temperament, threat, strengths, and weaknesses • Painterly skeleton portrait with sepia ink field sketches • Part of the Mediaeval Bestiary Mouse Pad Collection from Myth And Monsters