[Sca-cooks] Lobster in Period

[Terry Decker]

The first representation and the one in Campi appears to be H. grammarus. 
The second appears to be a type of spiny lobster (N. norvegicus has small, 
elongated equal size claws, so the drawing doesn't quite match).

Bear


>
> Sorry about the piecemeal nature of my reply - I keep getting
> distracted.
>
> There's a nice lobster in the lower left corner of Campi's "Christ in
> the House of Mary and Martha" (1580).  It looks pretty much like the
> ones I've eaten.
>
> http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/campi/vincenzo/marymart.html
>
> - Doc