370 Ulysses Aldrovandi
...it stirred up; as a result, a great war broke out near Ravenna later on Easter Sunday. Others, however, looking at the appearance of this monster, prophesied that the era was rife with various and wicked human vices.
They explained that the monster’s horn represented pride; its wings signified levity and mental inconstancy; its lack of arms showed an absence of righteous deeds; the bird of prey's foot stood for plunder, usury, and greed; the eye on its knee symbolized a fixation solely on worldly matters; and the presence of both sexes represented every form of the most shameful luxury.