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πŸ“’ in : ' : The Reinvention of in ', by Joanna Page.

In this book, Joanna Page illuminates the ways in which in are reinventing methods of collecting, organizing, and displaying nature in order to develop new and perspectives on the past and the present.

Page brings together an entirely new corpus of projects from , , , , , , and that engage critically and creatively with forms as diverse as the , , atlases created by travellers to the , the and composed by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century , and the designed for .

Access this OA title for free or get a hard copy at doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0339

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SamKalensky · @samkalensky
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🌟 My Goals for 2023: 🌟
1. Draw 300+ yokai, 100+ critters. [Currently @ 226 & 74~ Average 8/month]
2. Finish off Yokai Zine 3 & Critters Zine 1 by fall. [Both are about 85% finished ]
3. Reach 50 Patrons & $200/month? πŸ‘‰ patreon.com/samkalensky πŸ‘ˆ

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In this version of the " knocks down fruit then rolls around & collects them on its spines to bring home to its family" story, they're apples instead of the usual grapes, and this hedgehog is clearly an overachiever! πŸ˜‚
Bodleian Library MS Douce 308 (Bestiaire d'amour) f. 98v

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It's ! πŸ¦”(+ )
The has a fun story - it knocks down fruit then rolls around & collects them on its spines to bring home to its family. Fruit kebobs to go!
1 BM Douai MS 711 (De Natura animalium) f. 23v
2 BnF fr.14969 (Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc) f. 21v
3 BL Royal MS 12 F XIII (Rochester Bestiary) f. 45r

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: In the , are usually shown eating human corpses...but #3 is apparently a vegetarian as it's eating a plant instead? πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ
1. British Library MS 12 F XIII Rochester Bestiary f.15v
2. Parker Library MS 53 Peterborough Psalter & Bestiary f.191v
3. Getyt Museum MS Ludwig XV 4 Aviarium/Bestiary f.88r
See more medieval bestiary hyenas here: bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgaller

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They two nice arrived today as an addition two my collection. I especially like 'Ford's Faeries', a treasure chest of cool ideas. The PDF is free at !

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The BX Advanced Bestiary, Volume 1, is today's Deal of the Day on Drivethrurpg, for 60% regular price: drivethrurpg.com/product/41674

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War , in a late 12th century .

The accompanying text quotes Gaius Julius (early 3rd century compiler, commonly known as Solinus Polyhistor), himself quoting the description of elephants in the "Naturalis Historia" of the Elder (23/24 CE - 79 CE).

In the , Add MS 11283, f.4r.

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For : the usual story in the tells of cubs being born as shapeless lumps, which the mother must then "lick into shape" (yes that's the origin of that expression!).
France, c. 1450, MMW 10 B 25 folio 11v: bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgaller

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