EditorialAbinnaeus Papyrus 239. c. 346, A letter to Abinnaeus from Tharaotes, who recommends his nephew to his attention and mentions that he has dispatched some articles such as quails and fish paste. He also announces a visit in Phamenoth (March), asking that...
EditorialA Stag Hunt, from 'Der Weisskunig', Leonhard Beck, German, ca. 1480-1542, Woodcut on laid paper, Huntsmen, on horseback, accompanied by rtheir servants and hunting dogs, follow a stag running to the left. Hills and trees in the background, and a distan...
EditorialRecto, above left: Deer attacked by a Lynx; above right: Cloelia and her Companions escape Porsena's Camp; below right: Women Hunting; below left: Deer Hunt, with a Stag hiding its Scent. Verso: Two Busts of Women in Architectural Settings, preliminary...
EditorialHuntsmen sounding his horn with a staghunt in the distance. Date/Period: Ca. 1530-1539. Drawing. Pen and brown ink and brown wash over faint traces of black chalk; laid down pen and brown ink and brown wash over faint traces of black chalk; laid down. ...
EditorialIllustration of a buck, doe, fox, 'martin', and roe; with verse. They are described as the 'beasts of the chase', and are placed in the second class of beasts of sport in this earliest known English treatise on hunting, by William Twety and John Gyffor...
EditorialDeer hunting. Livre de Chasse. France; early 15th century. (Whole folio) Huntsmen with horns, and hounds pursuing a stag Image taken from Livre de Chasse. Originally published/produced in France; early 15th century. Source: Add. 27699, f.64. Language: ...
EditorialIllustration of a badger, wildcat and otter; with verse. They are described as the animals providing 'great sport' in their pursuit, and are placed in the third class of beasts of sport in this earliest known English treatise on hunting, by William Twe...
EditorialHuntsmen sounding his horn with a staghunt in the distance. Date/Period: Ca. 1530-1539. Drawing. Pen and brown ink and brown wash over faint traces of black chalk; laid down pen and brown ink and brown wash over faint traces of black chalk; laid down. ...