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Collections of exotic and curious animals have a long history, with Menageries known from ancient times. Yet most medieval people had never seen such animals in real life. They knew they existed, having heard of them from the Bible, or seeing them represented in carvings or pictures. The other source of knowledge about animals came from bestiaries. A Bestiary is a collection of descriptions of a wide variety of animals, birds and fish- real and imaginary. And because this was the medieval…

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The Public Domain Review on Instagram: "A Sīmurgh and an army of birds attacks the spirit of the ocean, an illustration from Anvār-i Suhaylī or Lights of Canopus (ca. 1847), a Persian version of an ancient Indian collection of animal fables called the Panchatantra.⁠
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The Public Domain Review on Instagram: "A Sīmurgh and an army of birds attacks the spirit of the ocean, an illustration from Anvār-i Suhaylī or Lights of Canopus (ca. 1847), a Persian version of an ancient Indian collection of animal fables called the Panchatantra.⁠ ⁠ More on the site — visit link in bio and click image.⁠ .⠀⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #fable #fairytale #folktale #illustration #animals #birds #simurgh #LightsofCanopus #Panchatantra"

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