Camels in early medieval western Europe: beasts of burden+tools of humiliation — new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/camels-in-early-medieval-western-europe.html …pic.twitter.com/DT10rwW5a4
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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
Actually that DOES look like Cersei ...
Hah! :)
camel, there, desperately clinging on to its composure and resisting urge to snigger. Lovely!
Hah! Yes, it's doing remarkably well, considering! :)
OK, but Andronicus was tied on facing backward and bent over, so that he came into close contact with the camel's south end.
This is true! But I couldn't find a picture of that....!
Well it would be rather undignified!
@CatherineEsse thank God for that!! I saw the headline & thought someone had got hold of my holiday snaps from Egypt 2010..
Much more like a horse or a mule than a camel!?
A small downside for our TV-taught familiarity with animals is losing their mysticism, exoticism and symbolic connotations .
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