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The art of falconry, being the De arte venandi cum avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, translated and edited by Casey A. Wood & F. Marjorie Fyfe

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The art of falconry, being the De arte venandi cum avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, translated and edited by Casey A. Wood & F. Marjorie Fyfe

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eng

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non fiction

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The art of falconry

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bibliography

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634040

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translated and edited by Casey A. Wood & F. Marjorie Fyfe

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being the De arte venandi cum avibus of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen

Table Of Contents

Foreword, by R. L. Wilbur.--Translators' introduction.--Manuscripts and editions of the De arte venandi cum avibus.--The castles and hunting lodges of Emperor Frederick II, by Cresswell Shearer.--The art of falconry, by Frederick II.--Appended material.--Favorite birds of the chase probably well known to the emperor.--Annotated roster of birds that are mentioned, depicted by, and were probably familiar to Emperor Frederick II.--An annotated bibliography of ancient, medieval, and modern falconry (p.[557]-609)--Glossary and index

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