The Mystery of the Medieval Manuscript and the Australasian Cockatoo
Grays Antiques
JUNE 28, 2018
The recent discovery of four illustrations of a white parrot in a medieval manuscript may seem fairly unimportant, but researchers believe it may re-write the history of global travel and trade. Until now, the earliest known depiction of the species in European art was Andrea Mantegna’s 1496 Altarpiece Madonna della Vittoria.
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