ANST - 12 Raptors

C. L. Ward gunnora at bga.com
Sun Aug 1 21:09:35 PDT 1999


'wolf asked:
>what is the latin form of:
>
>"twelve eagles"
>"twelve vultures"
>
>how close are eagles and vultures in roman & greek iconography? ... both
>being similar raptors 

I can't say that I've ever seen a vulture in Classical art.

The phrases are:

duodecim aquillae

and

duodecim vulturi


Wæs Þu Hæl (Waes Thu Hael)

::GUNNORA::

Gunnora Hallakarva, OL
Baroness to the Court of Ansteorra
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