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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Nov 2017

      A painting of an Elizabethan guinea pig with 3 children, c.1580: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Unknown_Elizabethan_Children.jpg … The earliest known guinea pig remains date 1574–5 & come from Hill Hall manor, Essex.pic.twitter.com/TLxQ12qawC

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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Nov 2017

      Henry III’s Elephant by Matthew Paris, 13th century (CCCC MS 16, f. ivr): https://theparkerlibrary.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/matthew-paris-and-the-elephant-at-the-tower/ … There are medieval elephant remains from Chester, radiocarbon dated to AD 1290—1410.pic.twitter.com/3myUidqGs1

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 Nov 2017

          Lions and cubs, from an English bestiary, c.1200–1210: http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/11/a-royal-beast-and-the-menagerie-in-the-tower.html … Lion remains prob from the medieval Royal Menagerie have been found at the Tower of London, dated AD 1280–1385.pic.twitter.com/xgiwWiYwVQ

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Nov 2017

          A leopard chasing a stag from the mid-13thC BL Royal 12 F XIII, f. 7, England (Rochester?): http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=95&CollID=16&NStart=120613 … A leopard skull was also found at London, possibly 15thC: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oa.835/full …pic.twitter.com/OKTtP4fiBI

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        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Nov 2017

          The earliest archaeological evidence for parrots in England comes from a pit dated to the mid- to late 17thC at Castle Mall, Norwich, although textual refs from the medieval era: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/112978/1/Albarella_U._and_Thomas_R._2002._They_di.pdf … (image: http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/manus/221/eng/33+verso/?var=1 …, 15thC, England)pic.twitter.com/gcmdZlfomT

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        5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Nov 2017

          In contrast, quite a bit of arch evidence for the presence of Barbary macaques in Britain & Ireland, incl from medieval Southampton & London… (pic=http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2012/04/monkeys-in-the-margins.html …, 15thC)pic.twitter.com/blFMKqLQcR

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        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Nov 2017

          A drawing of a cheetah wearing a collar, c.1400–1410: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=717251&partId=1 … The 3 'leopards' sent to King Henry III of England by the emperor Frederick II in 1235 sometimes thought to be actually cheetahs.pic.twitter.com/Rqqsvn5srB

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        7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 13 Dec 2017

          No evidence for tigers in medieval Britain, but Yolanda, Duchess of Savoy, obtained and kept one at her castle in Turin in the 1470s; said to be the first in western Europe since the Roman era... (pic=http://blogs.evergreen.edu/ebestiary/blog/2012/05/29/panthera_tigris_sumatrae/1607-tiger-by-topsell-2/ …, 1607)pic.twitter.com/o0aW1tt61K

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        1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 11 Dec 2017

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted CWAC Museums

          The medieval elephant remains from Chester :)https://twitter.com/cwacmuseums/status/940295256339288064 …

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          CWAC Museums @cwacmuseums
          Incredibly, this Chester find is an elephant bone dating from between 1290 and 1410. It is currently on display in the Newstead Gallery at the Grosvenor Museum. But how did an elephant bone come to Medieval Chester? We’d love to hear your theories. pic.twitter.com/zgBqg5g5YX
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        2. Freydis‏ @FreydisUlfsdotr 16 Nov 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @SirWilliamD

          This is the first medieval depiction of an elephant have ever seen that suggests the artist had actually seen an elephant.

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Nov 2017
          Replying to @FreydisUlfsdotr @SirWilliamD

          It's remarkable, isn't it! :) Clearly drawn from life, plus we have two versions of it (and three of the trunk!)

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        2. Ancient Spoonbill‏ @AncientSpoonbil 13 Dec 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Is that the poor animal that was given only wine to keep it alive? (Spoiler alert; it didn't.)

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 13 Dec 2017
          Replying to @AncientSpoonbil

          :-(

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        1. George Rick‏ @GeorgeRick1 11 Dec 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          It's quite a respectable image of an elephant, although I don't know why it's pidgeon-toed.

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        1. George Rick‏ @GeorgeRick1 15 Nov 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          All in all, not a bad effort. It sure does make a difference when you've actually seen the animal!

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