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Tizio 16th century Ganda

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Ganda, rhinoceros, shackled to neck and hind feet. Illustration in the 1515 entry of the manuscript Historia Senensium of Sigismondo Tizio. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Codex Chigi G.II.38_fa_0014r).

This illsutration may depict the First Lisbon Rhinoceros.

Refer:

Rookmaaker, L.C.; Monson, J.; Billia, E.M.E. 2024. Early depictions of the first Lisbon rhinoceros in the 16th century. Pachyderm 65: 168-179 – doi.org/. doi.org/10.69649/pachyderm.v65i.1312

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