Description

Hand-colored engraving showing side views of five cetaceans, and a narwhal horn. Top, a male whale with teeth, rolled onto its side. Below, another male whale with teeth, and a prominent eye socket. Below, a dolphin, a beluga, a narwhal (spouting) and a detail view of the narwhal horn. Under the image is printed the title in Latin and in German (this in blackletter type). From "Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra oder geheiligte Naturwissenschafft derer in der heiligen Schrifft vorkommenden natürlichen Sachen" by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.

The "Opus quintae Diei" ("fifth work of God") included the creation of the fishes.