One use of camels was as means of humiliating enemies—Frankish queen Brunhilda suffered this before being executed:pic.twitter.com/kPBXUhLF8r
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One use of camels was as means of humiliating enemies—Frankish queen Brunhilda suffered this before being executed:pic.twitter.com/kPBXUhLF8r
The deposed Byzantine emperor Andronicus I Comnenus was also humiliated by being strapped to a camel in AD 1185...pic.twitter.com/XynDnRty8E
A naked man riding a camel, c. 1300, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 151 f.26v: http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/s/v9j3f9 …pic.twitter.com/NJEG31YI6o
Camels used by Visigothic king Wamba to humiliate the rebellious Duke Paul in AD 673, according to Julian of Toldeo: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/camels-in-early-medieval-western-europe.html …pic.twitter.com/wFKooYx1L8
Main pic used is of pack-camels from L6th-E7thC Tours/Ashburnham Pentateuch, poss Spanish or Italian in origin...pic.twitter.com/LVBgHzwcYJ
A 12thC Spanish fresco of a camel, from the hermitage of San Baudelio de Berlanga: http://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471906 …pic.twitter.com/c2fqJh8pok
Dromedaries as depicted in the sixth-century Vienna Genesis; from an illustration of story of Rebecca, Genesis 24pic.twitter.com/Zh1rtec8bW
My favourite line of dancing camels from the 11thC Old English Hexateuch, aka an illustration for Genesis 24 :)pic.twitter.com/qd0dlb8dUt
A 12thC mosaic of camels, again illustrating the story of Rebecca from Genesis, in the Palatine Chapel, Palermopic.twitter.com/0oIGV3wKD9
The Erpingham Chasuble, made c.1400–30 in England and decorated with gold camels bearing flower baskets: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84718/chasuble-unknown/ …pic.twitter.com/0UKZaBstZy
On camels in Europe during the Roman period, see for example this paper by Pigière+Henrotay: https://www.academia.edu/1809286/Pigi%C3%A8re_F._and_Henrotay_D._2012._Camels_in_the_northern_provinces_of_the_Roman_Empire …pic.twitter.com/oXfKPQ3P0l
Camels in early 12thC Scotland and Ireland—sent by Scottish king to Muirchertach Ua Briain of Ireland: http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100004/text066.html … s.a. 1105.7pic.twitter.com/HTBy9eXFqv
Camels also present in late 10thC Poland+Germany, with Mieszko I of Poland giving one as a gift to Otto III in 980s:https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Db9Z_BagLw8C&lpg=PA25&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false …
Eyewitness account of some rather unfortunate camels used during the late 6thC Avar seige of Thessaloniki, Greece: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/pdf/uploads/hesperia/147879.pdf …pic.twitter.com/iBWKK8weib
ANOTHER Twitterstorian that is a part of the secret #CamelCabal.
*looks around suspiciously*
Hah! ;) I don't know if I count, but I def find them intriguing, esp when they turn up in Europe! ;)
I bet the camels were also intrigued by our colder, wetter, and less civilized world. ^^
Especially the one that Mieszko I of Poland kept + gave as gift to Otto III in 980s! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieszko_I_of_Poland#Participation_in_German_civil_war …
Tom Holland neglected to mention this camel in Millennium. :(
Alas, denied fame! ;) Def fared better than camels used by Avars in attack on Thessaloniki in 597...pic.twitter.com/HoS9ALOuZx
I mean, attacking the Byzantines was a dumb move to begin with. Sad to see the camels paid for it. :(.
Indeed :( Assume these were of the Bactrian type, poor things :(
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