Salvete Omnes,
the Eurasian Nomads are having their own games, their Olympics right now in Bishek and Issyk-Kul (Astana Times report), Kyrgyzstan.
One of my favorite nomadic sports to watch is buzkashi (kokpar, kok-boru, Ulak-Tartysh) or 'goat wrestling.' There is even an American kokpar team participating - cowboys.
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Salvete Omnes,
Jan van Sreaet aka Stradanus- more-hunt related art : hunting lions, elephants, bulls, ibexes, ostrich, hare etc
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| this is a bit rare - hunting bulls with hawks or some raptors |
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Salvete Omnes,
Bochemian and eventually English artist Vaclav (Wenceslas) Hollar of Prague created many prints during this long and prolific artistic life - hundreds in the Wiki Commons depositories
Salvete Omnes,
a nice Johann Georg Pforr's painting - oil painted on walnut board.
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| very Wouwerman like |
Falconry in action, however the costumes seem odd for 1780s in Central Europe.
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| Roman nosed head of this grey, and interesting saddle, non-English I presume |
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| a very popular docking of the tail - |
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| Icelandic gyrfalcon |
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| a Falcon by Landseer |
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Salvete Omnes,
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| Leuthold von Seven - famous minnesanger of the XIII century |
Easter came and Easter went, so back to bloggin' -
today I am going for a little entry - horses, riders, damsels, hawks, hounds, deer and boars in Codex Manesse - beautiful manuscript from Medieval Holy Roman Empire aka Medieval Germanies. Today the manuscript is held presently at the Heidelberg University Library.
Falconry by emperor Frederick II - a short .pdf from American Falconry.
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