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Bibliography of medieval hunting treatises at Arlima - Archives de littérature du Moyen Âge; Hunt Scenes in Medieval and Renaissance Works of Art; Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period, Paul Lacroix. At gutenberg.org; Bibliotheca Accipitraria: History of falconry: a bibliography (35 items)
The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries are a group of four medieval tapestries, probably woven in Arras, Artois, France, between about 1430 and 1450. [1] The tapestries are known as Boar and Bear Hunt, Falconry, Swan and Otter Hunt, and Deer Hunt .
Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds.
Hunting with eagles is a traditional form of falconry found throughout the Eurasian Steppe, practiced by ancient Khitan and Turkic peoples. Today it is practiced by Kazakhs and the Kyrgyz in contemporary Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan , as well as diasporas in Bayan-Ölgii , Mongolia , and Xinjiang , China .
The Book contains six texts on falconry, two of which have not survived in any other form. [1] Topics discussed in these texts include the training of hawks and falcons for hunting, and the treatment of their illnesses. [1] Illuminations, produced in a workshop in Suffolk, accompany the text. [1]
The Grand Falconer was responsible for organizing the royal falcon hunt and for caring for the king's hunting birds. The position was one of the " Great Offices of the Maison du Roi ". From the reign of Louis XIV , the position became purely honorific, as the kings had stopped hunting with birds of prey.
Glas-allt-Shiel, Glen Muick - one of the sporting lodges owned by King Charles III on the Balmoral Estate. In Great Britain and Ireland a sporting lodge – also known as a hunting lodge, hunting box, fishing hut, shooting box, or shooting lodge – is a building designed to provide lodging for those practising the sports of hunting, shooting, fishing, stalking, falconry, coursing and other ...
Various pieces of falconry equipment (Hunt Museum, Ireland) — includes rings, call, bell and hood from the 17th–20th centuriesThe bird wears: A hood, which is used in the manning process (acclimatising to humans and the human world) and to keep the raptor in a calm state, both in the early part of its training and throughout its falconry career.