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... derived . Much of what appears about mon- sters in the Bestiary comes from Pliny by way of later writers and commentators such as Solinus and St Isidore of Seville . This is the source of the classic monsters and imaginary animals dealt ...
... derived . Much of what appears about mon- sters in the Bestiary comes from Pliny by way of later writers and commentators such as Solinus and St Isidore of Seville . This is the source of the classic monsters and imaginary animals dealt ...
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... derived from the Oriental one ? As we have seen , the python has contributed something to the natural history of the dragon but for the ultimate source we must look elsewhere . As Richard Carrington points out ' the final form of all ...
... derived from the Oriental one ? As we have seen , the python has contributed something to the natural history of the dragon but for the ultimate source we must look elsewhere . As Richard Carrington points out ' the final form of all ...
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... derived from al - fil , the elephant piece on the Arab chess board , the equivalent to the knight . The calygreyhound was adopted by the de Veres , the Earls of Oxford , in 1513 : this animal was like an antelope with the fore- legs of ...
... derived from al - fil , the elephant piece on the Arab chess board , the equivalent to the knight . The calygreyhound was adopted by the de Veres , the Earls of Oxford , in 1513 : this animal was like an antelope with the fore- legs of ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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