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"The Leopard" from the 13th-century bestiary known as the "Rochester Bestiary" The Peridexion Tree. A bestiary (Latin: bestiarium vocabulum) is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks. The natural history and ...
The "H" versions, [1] late 13th-century, which in addition to a base Physiologus text, adds and arranges the content according to the "H" text or Book II of De bestiis et aliis rebus of Hugues de Fouilloy (olim of Pseudo-Hugo de St. Victor). [2] [3] Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College 100; Chalon-sur-Saône, Bibliothèque Municipale MS 14
The evolution of animals with backbones is one of the greatest stories in natural history. To tell this story, David presents explosive new fossil evidence from China, a region he has long dreamt of exploring and the frontier of modern paleontological research.
Ashmole Bestiary; folio 21r: Monoceros and bear. The Ashmole Bestiary, an English illuminated manuscript bestiary, is from the late 12th or early 13th century.Under 90 such manuscripts survive and they were studied and categorized into families by M.R. James in 1928. [1]
This was the last major animal to be tamed as a source of milk, meat, power, and leather in the Old World. Lascaux aurochs, Stone Age [2] 3500 BC. Sumerian animal-drawn wheeled vehicles and plows were developed in Mesopotamia, the region called the "Fertile Crescent." Irrigation was probably done using animal power.
Episode 2: Century of the Axe. The 12th century features the axe (used to fell forests in order to build fleets and housing). Producers: Neil Cameron and Emma de 'Ath. [9] [10] [11] Episode 3: Century of the Stirrup. The stirrup moves the 13th century. Director: Caroline Ross Pirie. [12] [13] Episode 4: Century of the Scythe. The scythe wreaked ...
The shy Australian animals died after only a century of European settlement. Despite the world's last captive thylacine dying in 1936, the secretive animal wasn't declared extinct until 1986.
Documentary series exploring the animals from around the world that take to the air. Also known as SuperNature - Wild Flyers for PBS release. Suranne Jones (narrator) Into the Wild: 2016: Gordon Buchanan takes some well-known UK public figures on a wildlife adventure where they get up close and personal with some of the UK's most iconic species.