HAA1210 Medieval Iconography

FALCONRY

Selections from Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. lat. 1071 (13th c.)




 
f. 1v The Author, Frederick II (d. 1250), with his falconers
f. 1v detail
f. 11 Birds of prey; greyhounds eat a dead stag
f. 49v Where falcons make their nests
f. 51 On the nesting and rearing habits of falcons
f. 54 Falcons with their hoods on their perch

f. 62v Claw clipping and attachments
f. 69 Bather
f. 76 Attaching falcons to their perch
f. 82v Training falcons with bait

Bibliography:

De arte venandi cum avibus. Ms. Pal. Lat. 1071, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.Graz, Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt., 1969.
Frick :i ND3154 .F852 (cage)

Cox, Harding, et al. Coursing and falconry. Coursing by Harding Cox, thoroughly revised by Charles Richardson. Falconry by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles, London and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and co., 1901
Hillman SK291 .C87 1901



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