Publication: The Hound of the Falconer. Roman and Byzantine hawking in the Venetian cynegetica
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Espí Forcén, Carlos
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Facultad de Letras
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Revista de la Sociedad Española de Bizantinística
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https://doi.org/10.1344/EBizantinos2020.8.4
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Un manuscrito ilustrado de la Cynegetica de Pseudo-Opiano, albergado en la Biblioteca Marciana de Venecia, ha merecido la atención de la historiografía por contener una importante colección de imágenes de zoología, mitología y caza que podrían remontarse a un modelo original romano. Sin embargo, un estudio pormenorizado de algunas de sus miniaturas revela detalles que pueden entenderse mejor en un contexto bizantino. Este es el caso de una escena de cetrería en el fol. 2v del manuscrito. Un análisis general de la cetrería y la caza desde la Antigüedad al tardo Imperio bizantino nos permitirá estudiar al detalle cada uno de los elementos de dicha escena. El cetrero, el perro y las perdices representadas por el miniaturista bizantino de nuestro códice desvelan que esta imagen no es sólo una ilustración del texto, ni la copia de un modelo antiguo, sino la representación de una actividad ampliamente practicada en el mundo bizantino.
An illustrated Byzantine manuscript of the Cynegetica by Pseudo-Oppian, housed in the Biblioteca Marciana of Venice, has deserved the attention of scholarship because it contains a vast collection of zoological, mythological and hunting images that could be traced back to an original Roman model. However, a careful examination of some of its miniatures reveals details that may be better understood in a Byzantine context. This is the case of a falconry scene on fol. 2v of the manuscript. A general overview of falconry and hunting from Antiquity to the late Byzantine Empire will let us focus on every single element of hawking of the aforementioned scene. The falconer, the hound and the partridges depicted by the Byzantine miniaturist of our codex unveil that this image is not just an illustration of the text, nor a copy of an ancient model, but the representation of a widely practiced activity in the Byzantine world.
An illustrated Byzantine manuscript of the Cynegetica by Pseudo-Oppian, housed in the Biblioteca Marciana of Venice, has deserved the attention of scholarship because it contains a vast collection of zoological, mythological and hunting images that could be traced back to an original Roman model. However, a careful examination of some of its miniatures reveals details that may be better understood in a Byzantine context. This is the case of a falconry scene on fol. 2v of the manuscript. A general overview of falconry and hunting from Antiquity to the late Byzantine Empire will let us focus on every single element of hawking of the aforementioned scene. The falconer, the hound and the partridges depicted by the Byzantine miniaturist of our codex unveil that this image is not just an illustration of the text, nor a copy of an ancient model, but the representation of a widely practiced activity in the Byzantine world.
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Falconry , Hound , Medieval art , Byzantine , Pseudo-Oppian , Cynegetica , Manuscript , Caza , Cetrería , Perro de caza , Arte medieval , Bizantino , Pseudo-Opiano , Cynegetica , Manuscrito , Hunting
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Estudios bizantinos 8 (2020) 149-172
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