Tweet
See new Tweets
Conversation
Art History Animalia
@ArtHistAnimalia
#HedgehogWeek 🦔: All #hedgehogs are capable of volvation aka conglobation - aka, they can roll up into an armored ball in defense 🙂
Faience sphere in the form of a hedghog, #AncientEgypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, c. 1550–1450 BCE, diameter 5.8cm,
Met collection: https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544054
photo: https://pinterest.com/pin/294000681898277596/
#HedgehogAwarenessWeek

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

It's #HedgehogWeek! 🦔(+ #ManuscriptMonday)
The #hedgehog has a fun #bestiary 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
#HedgehogAwarenessWeek

Hedgehog Society

#hedgehogweek 2023 date announced!
https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/hedgehog-awareness-week-30th-april-6th-may-2023/

Hedgehog Society

#hedgehogweek 2023 date announced!
https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/hedgehog-awareness-week-30th-april-6th-may-2023/

https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/hedgehog-awareness-week-30th-april-6th-may-2023/
Hedgehog Society

#hedgehogweek 2023 date announced!