Sphinx, Mediaeval Bestiary Art Mouse Mat

Sphinx, Mediaeval Bestiary Art Mouse Pad Do not guess the riddle. A sphinx keeps the traveller who answers wrong. So warns the scroll at the foot of this illuminated bestiary page, devoted to the sphinx, the Riddle of the Limestone Plateau. The whole pad is laid out like a scholar's field guide. A gold illuminated drop cap S opens the title SPHINX, with the subtitle The Riddle of the Limestone Plateau set beneath it. The left column records its classification (Riddle), habitat (limestone plateau), and temperament (patient), a row of skulls for its threat, then its strengths (ancient riddle, lion strength, desert sight, and long memory) and weaknesses (a true answer, a broken wing, and night storm). The centre window holds a painterly portrait of a golden sphinx with a regal striped headdress, and the right column carries sepia ink field sketches of a sphinx face, a knowing eye, and a stone plateau 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. • Sphinx bestiary page with a gold drop cap S and the subtitle The Riddle of the Limestone Plateau • Field guide entry with classification, habitat, temperament, threat, strengths, and weaknesses • Painterly sphinx portrait with sepia ink field sketches • Part of the Mediaeval Bestiary Mouse Pad Collection from Myth And Monsters