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    Posted: 29-Mar-2015 at 23:33
English soldiers & hunters in The Rochester Bestiary c.1230
Some scenes of ordinary hunts and some fanciful scenes.


A mounted man with horn and pitchfork hunting lion with hounds.
An armed man spearing an antelope caught in branches.
A knight spearing a unicorn, who lies with its head in the lap of a virgin.
Knights in a castle atop an elephant repelling mounted assailants.
A beaver biting off his testicles and a hunter with dogs.
An armoured archer hunting a Bonnacon.
A hunter and dogs pursuing a monkey and its young.
A hunter and dogs pursuing goats.
Peasant and Mastiffs guarding sheep.
The legend of the king Garamantes who was rescued by his dogs.
An archer shooting at a bull.
A man riding a camel.
Two men with asses.
Two knights fighting on foot with swords, while their horses are fighting each other on hind legs.

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English soldiers & hunters in The Rochester Bestiary c.1230

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"Two hundred dogs restored from exile a king of the Garamantes; fighting against all that opposed him" - Pliny's Natural History Book 37, 79AD.



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What the hell is that dog trying to do?
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Similar images of the same story;







Edited by Sidney - 22-Jun-2015 at 11:07
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