I have the "Art of Falconry..." by Frederick II (HR Emperor)and "Parrot Culture, Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination..." by Boehrer. I am searching for more...
Dear Colleagues, We have been a quiet group; perhaps the web has killed the academic mailing list. But if I may ask the above queries, one for a colleague and...
********************** Apologies for cross-posting ********************** CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS 4th International Congress of Medieval and Modern...
Dear All Apologies for cross-posting. A colleague has asked me to pass on the details of a forthcoming conference on 'The Captive Animal in the Middle Ages and...
CALL FOR PAPERS Bestial Mirrors: Using Animals to Construct Human Identities in Medieval Europe (Animals as Material Culture in the Middle Ages 3) A one-day...
Chers collègues en études cynégétiques, chers amis, J'ai le regret de vous annoncer le décès de Jacques Bugnion. Au mois de janvier, je lui adressais le...
Recently I have been doing some research on 17th century natural history collections and came across a reference to a North American animal called a "haget",...
Hi everybody, I'm a MA student at York University writing an essay on the iconography of the carved ivory Braunschweig/Gandersheim casket c.800AD. I would be ...
FYI: University of Chicago Press has a mail order sale going on through 1/31/06 which includes Kenneth Varty's Reynard, Renart, Reinaert and Other Foxes in ...
Dear all, There are still spaces for papers in the following session: "New Perspectives on Medieval Hunting" (special session) May 4th-7th, 2006, International...
Dear Group: The following is forwarded from Susan Crane, and inquiries should be addressed to her. I am soliciting proposals for papers on any aspect of...
Dear all, I would like to bring to your attention the following two jobs at the University of Bochum in the field of (English) medieval natural history: Job...
Here is the Brepol's presentation of the last important publication on bestiaries that will be published durign the summer Yours Rémy ... Textes, Etudes,...
Dear listmembers, we have been quiet of late, doubtless due in part to the end of term on most American academic calendars, and many others besides. I hope the...
CALL FOR PAPERS ... "Breaking and Shaping Beastly Bodies: Animals as Material Culture in the Middle Ages" A one-day conference on Saturday 19th March 2005 at...
Hello! I am Lucia Teszler I am PhD student in philosophical Hermeneutic at University of Turin. I want to begin a research about the seven deadly sins and I ...
Dear all, I have a somewhat strange query, but I'd be grateful for any suggestions! Does anyone know what specific depictions - public or private - of 'the ...
Lorraine, the elephant in London circa late 11th c. would be one exotic display item. If his experience is any guide, the northern medievals weren't too good...
Greetings, I have been studying medieval agronomy for a couple of years now - hoping to create a (mostly) self-sustaining estate here in northwest Georgia on...
Lorraine, there is a chapter on wolves in _Master of Game_, as there is in the source _Livre de chasse_, and wolves are discussed in Cummins' _The Hound and...
Hello, New books on bestiaries and animal lore are avaliable : Hugues de Fouilloy, De avibus, Traité des oiseaux (extraits), fac-similé du manuscrit 177 de...