A miniature of a camel from a manuscript probably made for King Edward IV of England, 1461–83, the king in whose honour six camels were paraded by the Patriarch of Antioch in 1466 (MS Royal 15 E III, f. 200).pic.twitter.com/GEiBJf3F3x
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In this context, worth noting that there do seem to have been menageries in Anglo-Saxon England; not only are peacock remains known from two sites (one Middle Saxon, one Late Saxon), but there's also some documentary evidence from the 10th century: https://twitter.com/Diane_Watt/status/1041665982631223296 … :)
An early 8th-century Anglo-Saxon coin with an image of a crested peacock on the reverse, minted at Hamwic (Southampton) and found on the Isle of Wight: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/911246 …pic.twitter.com/1k2h2ouTRr
A kneeling camel misericord carving (c.1390), in the Church of St Botolph, Boston, Lincolnshire: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hunky_punk/15411603161 …pic.twitter.com/CzL0b7cY4n
Some 11th-century camels, from MS Cotton Tiberius B V, part 1, f. 80, possibly made at Canterbury in the mid-11th century: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_tiberius_b_v!1_f080v …pic.twitter.com/iKxKOsk74a
A 15th-century carving of a camel from Old Molton Priory, Yorkshire: https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4613 …pic.twitter.com/wGYBKN35Xd
A Camel needing a dentist? :)
Love happy camels, please keep them coming!! :)
You are fast becoming the go-to place for #camels! I hope there’s a book coming. (If it’s out already, will you pardon my inattention and steer me to it?)
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