Another fairly realistic medieval depiction of an elephant :) From BL Harley 3244, f.39, 3rd quarter of 13th century http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=39304 …pic.twitter.com/rrEmLiKhCz
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Another fairly realistic medieval depiction of an elephant :) From BL Harley 3244, f.39, 3rd quarter of 13th century http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=39304 …pic.twitter.com/rrEmLiKhCz
This elephant is pretty good too! Mother+baby in water, avoiding a dragon overhead, E14thC, Royal MS 2 B VII, f.118v http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=royal_ms_2_b_vii_f118v …pic.twitter.com/4kDWWxAWf6
An elephant on the mid-12thC Otranto cathedral mosaic, Italy: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otranto,_cathedral,_mosaic_08.jpg …pic.twitter.com/DWZg5eAxqO
Representation of the elephant is much better than some I have seen from the time.
that guy tending to the elephant has a huge snozzle too. Job allocation 
Is this the elephant that died because they fed it with copious amounts of wine?
But why are its toes pointed toward us? But the artist got the ears more or less right, which often isn't the case.
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