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Titre :	Julije Klovic: the first colour drawing of Greater Bird of Paradise Paradisaea apoda in Europe and its model
Auteurs :	Jasmina Muzinic, Auteur ; Jasenka Ferber Bogdan, Auteur ; Bruce Beehler, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Ornithology (150(3) JUL 2009)
Article en page(s) :	645-649
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	The prayer book The Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as The Farnese Hours, was illustrated by the Croatian miniaturist, Julije KloviA double dagger, between 1539 and 1546 in Rome. In this masterpiece of Renaissance miniature art, KloviA double dagger drew in colour a bird of paradise. In 2001, the pictured bird was determined to be a Raggiana Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea raggiana P. L. Sclater 1873. Our later determination shows that it is actually a Greater Bird of Paradise Paradisaea apoda (Linnaeus 1758) and the first drawing of this species in colour in Europe. KloviA double dagger's model for the Greater Bird of Paradise was one of the first trade skins of birds of paradise that, from 1522, had been arriving in Europe. Revision of the early drawings of the birds of paradise species in Europe, relevant to the KloviA double dagger drawing model, has also been carried out and is discussed.

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