Discovered: Circa 1350 A.D. Hominid Updated

I note that the National Library of the Netherlands has identified this image as being a "monkey." But I note this primate is not showing any tail. Look at the feet? Those are definitely not the feet of a monkey or even an ape.

In terms of scale, this animal is shown with panels of various known, correctly drawn species that include a horse, a goat, a sheep, a wild boar, a hunting dog, a deer, and others. When those animals are compared to this one, they do not all fill their frames and some appear smaller. This creature appears to be a full-sized wildman, not a monkey nor an ape.

Full reference manuscripts: The Hague, KB, KA 16 Contents: Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme Place of origin, date: Flanders; c. 1350 Material: Vellum, ff. 164, 278X208 (215×160) mm, 2 columns, 38-40 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 16th-century brown leather, gilt Provenance: Since 1937 on permanent loan from the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen- National Library of the Netherlands

Please find below comparative art of a boar, dogs, deer (stag), and horse. Note the stylized head tilt, mouth, but the realistic overall illustration of the animal (with special attention to how the feet are shown).

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