Aldrovandi on Chickens: The Ornithology of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1600) Volume II, Book XIV, Volume 2, Book 14 |
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... Greek and Latin sources , the Hebrew and Arabic commentators , the Medieval church fathers , the emblem writers , the numismatists , and genealogists is amazingly accurate and wide - ranging . The poets likewise , Greek , Roman , Me ...
... Greek and Latin sources , the Hebrew and Arabic commentators , the Medieval church fathers , the emblem writers , the numismatists , and genealogists is amazingly accurate and wide - ranging . The poets likewise , Greek , Roman , Me ...
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... Greek , pullus in Latin ; Nicander used the Greek word for the grown rooster in this verse : " the free - feeding fowl , when brooding her warlike chickens . " 44 Nekrakes is the word for young roosters in Hesychius and Varinus . By ...
... Greek , pullus in Latin ; Nicander used the Greek word for the grown rooster in this verse : " the free - feeding fowl , when brooding her warlike chickens . " 44 Nekrakes is the word for young roosters in Hesychius and Varinus . By ...
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... Greek word gastras as earthen pots ; Cornarius understands the word to mean bellies ; Jerome Cardanus , who then transcribed the passage in his book , On Subtlety , translates the word as couches or nests , thus : " Fill two nests with ...
... Greek word gastras as earthen pots ; Cornarius understands the word to mean bellies ; Jerome Cardanus , who then transcribed the passage in his book , On Subtlety , translates the word as couches or nests , thus : " Fill two nests with ...
Contents
Concerning Domestic Fowl Who Bathe in | 3 |
Descriptions of Different Hens and Roosters | 350 |
Chickens with Feathered Feet | 358 |
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