![A furry brown dog-like beast with a long raised bushy tail and trailing long pointed ears. It appears very stocky and sturdy. The open-mouthed head and tail are not coloured-in. It has a fierce expression and appears to be moving towards the left. It is shown on green ground against a blue background with clusters of three dots in a gilt frame on a manuscript page. Image from Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 13440 [Der Naturen Bloeme], folio 2r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreiaxja3ndyxh3otjzkw6ancjbciyyaqqa2ulfgppny5ekcijdk4cpu)
A furry brown dog-like beast with a long raised bushy tail and trailing long pointed ears. It appears very stocky and sturdy. The open-mouthed head and tail are not coloured-in. It has a fierce expression and appears to be moving towards the left. It is shown on green ground against a blue background with clusters of three dots in a gilt frame on a manuscript page. Image from Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 13440 [Der Naturen Bloeme], folio 2r.
The medieval cacus was said to signify angry people pouring fires of vituperation that inflame others. This image from a 14th century Dutch version of "Der Naturen Bloeme" is yet another generic dog-like beast. #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #cacus
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![A large generic dog-like beast in a blue-grey colour with an open mouth exhaling four tongues of red fire against a tarnished, possibly gilt, background with a stylised tree seeming to curve over its back. It is shown looking to the left with one foreleg slightly raised and another stylised tree in the background. It is surrounded by a reddish brown and blue decorated frame with gilt corners on a manuscript page. Image from Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16 [Der Naturen Bloeme], folio 51v.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreihggqeo43aoofqfxtndkvc2kmaxc4j57fvsb725wrnqka7itfmr2a)
![A brown furry quadruped with a dog-like snout and pointed ears is pulling two bulls backwards by their tails. The animals are shown on green grass with a green plant at the rump of the cacus. A caption of "Cacus" is shown under the rear hooves of the bulls and there is text above, below and beside the cacus. Image from British Library, Additional MS 11390 [Der Naturen Bloeme], folio 10v.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreiggx2byue2hfjdmessnu2ocsp7l7zhq353z2avgbjgz3f5m6flnnm)
![A round-eared blue beast is emerging from a hole in a brown hill and pulling two brown bulls by their tails backwards. The rear bull has its head up and seems to be smiling goofily. The near bull is looking at the blue beast with a very annoyed expression. The animals are shown on brown grass against a red background with large gilt dots in a gilt frame on a manuscript page surrounded by text. Image from Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 [Liber de natura rerum], folio 56r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreig3ttvtz57ejduwdftwyoiffk33dnib5ho4yx5nubs34vonybbwua)
