Whether there were any camels in Britain between the Roman era & the 12thC is uncertain, but were definitely some in Europe then...https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/736624442328092672 …
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A rather nice medieval illustration of a camel :)https://twitter.com/yvonneseale/status/970279944692486145 …
A monkey riding a camel; MS M.1004 f. 160r, France, c.1420–25: http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/220/76924 …pic.twitter.com/cBLLbxXMxV
Patrick Leigh Fermor mentioned late survival of Byzantine court dress in 19th and early 20th C Romania (qv Theodore Metochritus). Interesting if true!
Really?! Yes, most interesting! :)
Wouldn't they be brought in from Africa.
Most of the Romanian ones are Bactrian, so came along the 'North Silk Road' from Central Asia? :)
The one on the left looks like a Dromedar - just one hump ;-)
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