The drawings, found in a 13th century manuscript in the Vatican library, ... 13th century drawing of cockatoo sparks rethink on ancient trade routes By Rory Smith, CNN ...

The 700-year-old drawing by Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick II in a Vatican manuscript, based on a bird he received as a gift for his collection of exotic birds, dates back to between 1241 and 1248.

The colored drawings predate by 250 years what was previously believed to be the oldest European depiction of the bird, in Andrea Mantegna’s 1496 altarpiece Madonna della Vittoria. Heather Dalton, an ...

The 700-year-old drawing by Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick II in a Vatican manuscript, based on a bird he received as a gift for his collection of exotic birds, dates back to between 1241 and 1248.

Scientists have discovered drawings of a cockatoo in a 13th century book of illustrations drawn up by a Holy Roman Emperor. Frederick II of Sicily's De Arte Venandi cum Avibus ...

Drawings of an Australasian cockatoo discovered on the pages of a 13th-century Italian manuscript suggest trade Down Under was flourishing as far back as medieval times, researchers said on Tuesday.

A drawing of an Australasian cockatoo by a Roman Emperor has revealed trade routes between Southeast Asia and Europe were flourishing around 250 years earlier than previously thought, according to a ...