Animal mentions in the travel accounts of Guillebert de Lannoy, Bertrandon de la Broquière, Anselm Adornes and Joos van Ghistele

<p>Dataset of all animals mentioned in the travel accounts of Joos van Ghistele, Guillebert de Lannoy, Anselm Adornes and Bertrandon de la Broqui&egrave;re.</p> <p>This dataset was used to research the topic of animal depictions and attitudes towards animals in late medieval travel accounts. The dataset forms the basis of a (Dutch) Master&rsquo;s thesis at Ghent University in 2020, which can be downloaded from (<a href="https://lib.ugent.be/catalog/rug01:002862696">https://lib.ugent.be/catalog/rug01:002862696</a>) and the following article in Reinardus: Yearbook of the International Reynard Society: Temmerman, Thijs, and Jeroen Deploige. &lsquo;Prius Invisa Animalia : Attitudes towards Animals in Late Medieval Travel Accounts&rsquo;. <em>Reinardus</em> 35 (2023): 163-90. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/rein.00074.tem">https://doi.org/10.1075/rein.00074.tem</a>.</p> <p>The page numbers refer to the pages in the following editions of the travel accounts:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Bertrandon de la Broqui&egrave;re. <em>Le voyage d&rsquo;outremer de Bertrandon de La Broqui&egrave;re, premier &eacute;cuyer tranchant et conseiller de Philippe le Bon, duc de Bourgogne</em>. Edited by Charles Schefer. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1892. Can be consulted online on&nbsp;<a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1037921">https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1037921</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Ghillebert de Lannoy. <em>Oeuvres de Ghillebert de Lannoy, voyageur, diplomate et moraliste</em>. Edited by Charles Potvin. Leuven: Imprimerie de P. et J. Lefever, 1878. Can be consulted online on <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k102047r">https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k102047r</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Adorno, Jean. <em>Itin&eacute;raire d&rsquo;Anselme Adorno en Terre sainte: 1470-1471</em>. Edited by Jacques Heers and Georgette de Groer. Sources d&rsquo;histoire m&eacute;di&eacute;vale. Paris: &Eacute;ditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1978. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/itineraire-danselme-adorno-en-terre-sainte-1470-1471/oclc/248218555">https://www.worldcat.org/title/itineraire-danselme-adorno-en-terre-sainte-1470-1471/oclc/248218555</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Zeebout, Ambrosius. <em>Tvoyage van Mher Joos van Ghistele</em>. Edited by R. J. G. A. A. Gaspar. Hilversum: Verloren, 1998. Can be consulted online on <a href="https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/zeeb002tvoy01_01/index.php">https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/zeeb002tvoy01_01/index.php</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>The following information can be found in the animal index</p> <p>&ndash; The referenced source edition: JVG (Joos van Ghistele), AA (Anselm Adornes), BDLB (Bertrandon de la Broqui&egrave;re) or GDL (Guillebert de Lannoy).</p> <p>&ndash; Animal name: the modern English common name of the mentioned animal.</p> <p>&ndash; Page: the page number in the source edition.</p> <p>&ndash; Original name: the name given by the author to the animal and the original source fragment.</p> <p>&ndash; Location of the animal: the location (city, country, &hellip;) of the referenced animal, sometimes unidentified.</p> <p>&ndash; Observed by the writer? Did the writer encounter this animal himself: yes, no or maybe.</p> <p>&ndash; Referring to another source? Do the fragment and the information about the animal originate from a source outside the author&rsquo;s observation? These can be oral or written sources.</p> <p>Questions or remarks can be sent to thijs.temmerman@gmail.com</p>