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Sibylla

American  
[si-bil-uh] / sɪˈbɪl ə /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. an Asian maiden who gained from her lover Apollo the gift of prophecy and long life.


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A flick of the powder room’s light switch reveals Jennifer Shorto’s Emeralds wallpaper, a kaleidoscopic pattern of bright green scarabs inspired by 17th-century naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian’s drawings.

From Washington Post Jul. 27, 2022

It debuted in January 2020, the start of Scientific American’s 175th anniversary year, with a poem by Diane Ackerman about 17th-century scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian.

From Scientific American Dec. 23, 2020

Records of women’s scientific work from this time are scant; naturalist and illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian’s spectacular drawings of Surinam’s insects are among the rare surviving examples.

From Nature Oct. 8, 2018

“I don’t know the whole story, and when I called the school, I was told it was under investigation. No other information was given,” said parent Sibylla Nash on Thursday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2017

There are also frogs, amazing toads, lizards, snakes, spiders, and ants shown and explained, and everything was painted and written in America, first-hand and life-size by Maria Sibylla Merian.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

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