Now that the hunting season is over, I am left perusing the shelves of the library for books on Falconry. I ran across this book in the library. It includes every reference to birds from all of Shakespeare's works organized by species; owls, hawks, eagles, buzzards, herons, ducks, swans, finches, swallows and so on. I knew, but I guess I didn't realize that Shakespeare was writing in the midst of the fad of falconry in Europe and so there are pages and pages of references to falconry in his works. I was particularly drawn towards the graphics in the book. Here are just a few.
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| An eagle on a rabbit |
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| Peregrin after a duck |
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| Cadger with falcons |
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| On the hunt |
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| Jesses and Bells |
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| The hood |
2 comments:
What a neat book! I liked how they had some of the bird songs written out in music. The images are wonderful. You going to buy that one?
I don't know if I will ever find it for sale.
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