A line of dancing camels from the 11thC Old English Hexateuch :) http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/04/how-the-camel-got-the-hump.html …pic.twitter.com/AScVMBs3sG
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A baby camel/brontosaurus tied to a tree, from Marvels of the East, Beowulf-manuscript: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vitellius_a_xv_f101r …pic.twitter.com/UlyzAzsO1F
Dog-like ants attack a camel in the Beowulf-manuscript, MS Cotton Vitellius A XV, f. 101v: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vitellius_a_xv_f101r …pic.twitter.com/S4QXaZM0Jq
@caitlinrgreen What is the relation of Camels with Beowulf?
@Archatgs They're from an Anglo-Saxon text of the Marvels of the East bound with Beowulf :)
@caitlinrgreen But what is the relation between A-Saxons & elephants? They are not British animals.
@Archatgs Well, not in this era! Once, though...But seriously, they're trying to illustrate the Marvels in the text but aren't clear on how!
@caitlinrgreen I'd be hard pushed to differentiate them from camels, to be fair! They're very good renditions of... Camels...!
@EvansianI "Elephant... elephant.... Hmm. That's like a sabre-toothed leopard-pig or a camel that doesn't dance, yes?"
@caitlinrgreen I think you may have just managed to tune into my wavelength there, Dr Green. That way lies madness, so I'm told ;)
@caitlinrgreen Demon camels, yes.
@MariusHollenga What better way to draw an elephant?!
@caitlinrgreen There is none, this is the pinnacle of Elephantine art.
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