SC -poultry art, was 90 ingredients Holloptrida translation
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Sat Jun 10 17:19:18 PDT 2000
> Commercial turkey farms seem to specialize in a white-feathered bird,
> which is, I suppose, the SA. The traditional Pilgrim-type darkly
> variegated feathered bird would be the game bird, then?
>
The white birds are definitely domestic turkeys, but the Central American
turkey also comes in the greys and browns. The key visual differences seem
to be a broader spread of upturned tail feathers on the North American bird.
The NA turkey being a woodland animal holds its body roughly horizontal to
the ground while the CA turkey holds itself more erect to see over plains
grasses. BTW, I have encountered what I believe to be undomesticated
members of both species in Oklahoma, where there is a boundary between the
eastern hardwood forests and the Great Plains habitats.
> Haven't yet found Vincenzo Campi's The Poultry Seller (Cremona). I know
> there were URLs posted giving web sites for food paintings, but can't
> find the citations. Anybody else have them handy?
>
> Regards,
> Allison, allilyn at juno.com
>
I don't know of any URL for The Poultry Seller. We have a rather extensive
collection of works on art. And I produced a transparency for a lecture on
Food in Renaissance Art.
Bear
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