HAA1210 Medieval Iconography

Gaston Phebus, Comte de Foix (1331-1391), Livre de la chasse

Selections from Paris, BNF fr. 616



 
 
 
f. 13 Gaston Phebus, Comte de Foix, with his courtiers and dogs
f. 16 On the Nature of Stags
f. 21 On the Nature of Goats
f. 24v On the Nature of Hares
f. 28 On the Nature of Bears
f. 37v On the Manners and Conditions of Dogs
f. 40v On the Ailments of Dogs and how to cure them
f. 45v On the Nature of Mastiffs
f. 51v On the Qualities required of those who wish to be good huntsmen
f. 52v On the Dog-Kennel and how the dogs are to be cared for
f. 55 How to train dogs to follow a trail
f. 62v How to hunt for prey in field and forest
f. 67 How the hunting party should conduct itself in summer and in winter
f. 103 How to erect hedge-traps for all kinds of animals
f. 105v How to corner boar and other animals in a trap
f. 107v How to trap boar in fields or orchards
f. 108v How to trap wolves in a pit with bait
f. 110 Another method of catching wolves (using a blood trail to lead to the bait)
f. 117 How to lure animals into water
f. 118 How to shoot hares
f. 122 Gaston Phebus before God the Father
f. 122 detail



Bibliography
Gaston III Phoebus, Count of Foix, 1331-1391.  The hunting book of Gaston Phébus : manuscrit français 616 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale.
London : Harvey Miller, 1998
Frick  ND3399.G3 P3 1998

Gaston Phébus Livre de chasse / édtié avec introduction, glossaire et reproduction des 87 miniatures du manuscrit 616 de la Bibliothèque nationale de Paris par Gunnar Tilander, Karlshamn : E. G. Johanssons Boktryckeri, 1971.
Hillman SK25 .G3 1971b

Le livre de la chasse de Gaston Phoebus, comte de Foix / textes de Gabriel Bise, d'après Gaston Phoebus.
Hillman oversize f SK199 G3715 1993

 
 


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Created by Jane Vadnal
February 13, 1998