Tag Archives: Animals

1635: And Drinking Cocktails Too, Apparently

Posted on May 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Quirin Boel: Two Monkeys Playing Backgammon (1635 – 1690) (source) “Twee apen spelen triktrak” in Dutch; “triktrak” is a nice onomatopoeia.

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1747: The Government of Ants

Posted on May 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

From William Gould’s An Account of English Ants (1747): In whatever Apartment a Queen Ant condescends to be present, she commands Obedience and Respect and universal Gladness spreads itself through the whole Cell, which is expressed by particular Acts of … Continue reading →

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1505: The Dog Hidden Under the Hidden Unicorn

Posted on May 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1934, restoration work on this early 16th-centruy portrait by Raphael revealed that sometime in the mid-17th century, an anonymous artist had painted over it in places, transforming it into a representation of Saint Catherine of Alexandria holding a spiked … Continue reading →

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1970: A Crow Builds a Nest

Posted on May 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

I liked these descriptions of nests from Richard Headstrom’s Complete Field Guide to Nests in the United States (1970). The book contains a few photographs, but largely depends on written descriptions of nests for identification. The description of the crow’s … Continue reading →

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16th Century: The Throne Verse of the Qur’an as a Horse

Posted on May 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

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