In the late Middle Ages, there was a series of instances wherein knights vowed upon birds.
What is an Australasian parrot doing in a 15th century Italian painting?
March 24, 2014 By
The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a species of parrot native to Australia and eastern Indonesia. However, you can also see one in the Madonna della Vittoria, a painting made in 1496 by Andrea Mantegna.
That Melodious Linguist: Eloquence and Piety in Christian and Islamic Songbirds
August 1, 2013 By
That Melodious Linguist: Eloquence and Piety in Christian and Islamic Songbirds Cam Lindley Cross University of Chicago, December 8 (2010) Abstract “Birds,” writes Albertus Magnus, “generally call more than other animals. This is due to the lightness of their spirits.” Although Albertus here employs “lightness” (levitas) as a technical term, the broader valences of the word […]
They dined on crane: bird consumption, wild fowling and status in medieval England
October 7, 2010 By
They dined on crane: bird consumption, wild fowling and status in medieval England By Umberto Albarella and Richard Thomas Acta zoologica cracoviensia, Vol. 45 (special issue) (2002) Abstract: In this paper the evidence for the use and consumption of wild birds in medieval England is reviewed. Wild bird bones are generally uncommon on medieval sites, […]
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