The evolution of elephant depiction through the middle ages: https://www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anthropogenus/index.html … :) #WorldElephantDaypic.twitter.com/KHpBLfMwfK
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In contrast, here's Matthew Paris's 13th-century drawing of King Henry III's elephant in the royal menagerie; it was a gift from Louis IX of France in 1255 and lived in the Tower of London: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/05/the-elephant-at-the-tower.html …pic.twitter.com/RSI9ZIkoFg
Worth noting that there are also medieval elephant remains known from Chester, radiocarbon dated to AD 1290—1410:https://twitter.com/cwacmuseums/status/940295256339288064 …
See here for some possible elephants in Roman Britain too :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/738293517106225152 …
A Roman ivory hair pin depicting an elephant, found London(?): https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/746258 …pic.twitter.com/C5MBrvcWzv
Roman Republican denarius of Caesar featuring an elephant, 49–48 BC, found near Wragby, Lincolnshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/53514 …pic.twitter.com/cyxxk3y7CB
It looks like a wild cat with large lower 'fang' teeth, and a tongue sticking out! With it's small ears and claws, I don't think it's meant to be an elephant.
11th century explorer leaving monastry: "Oh wait! Did I mention the ears? That thing had huge ears... yeah... there's no way I would have forgotten the ears."
https://imgur.com/gallery/MpRBy He looks so so sad in this onepic.twitter.com/VI1oHrVZFo
Can you imagine how the fortunate people who ventured out, must have felt when they actually saw an elephant for the first time, after believing this beast was all they knew.
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