More links on the subject of hunting in the Middle Ages and Renaissance can be found here .
A hunter blowing his horn while his dogs attack a beaver (Getty Ludwig XV 3, fol. 83)So-called hunting horn of Count Albrecht III of Habsburg , c. 1200Hunting a stag , Reiner Musterbuch (ÖNB 507, fol. 2r), c. 1200-1220A man hunts an antelope in the Devine Bestiary (BNF Fr. 14969, fol. 5), 13th centuryHunting a bird , a marginal illustration in a bible (Bibl. Mazarine, MS 0026, fol. 300), c. 1250-1274; I find this one interesting for the odd arrowhead the archer is usingA bird-hunter in a relief of the Labors of the Months at the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, c. 1275
Dagobert hunting deer on fols. 50 and 51v of the Life of St. Denis (BNF NAF 1098), 13th century
Arthur and Guinevere hunt a boar in Lancelot du Lac (BNF Fr. 122, fol. 65v), 14th centuryBas-de-page (detail ) in a Passionnaire l'usage de l'abbaye de Saint-Trond , 14th centuryIvory relief carving: three hunters , made in France in the first half of the 14th centuryThe Taymouth Hours (British Library, Yates Thompson 13, c. 1325-1335) has three sequences of hunting images: a rabbit hunt in fols. 68-72, a bird hunt in fols. 73-75v, a stag hunt in fols. 76v-83vThe Romance of Alexander (Bodl. 264), 1338-1344: Several hunting illustrations, including fol. 122v Scenes of Country Life fresco in the Chambre du Cerf of the Papal Palace at Avignon, 1343A pewter badge depicting a hunter (armed with a bow and arrow, and carrying a hunting horn), late 14th centuryGiving the entrails of a stag to the dogs from The Book of King Modus and Queen Ratio (BNF Fr. 12399, fol. 16), 1379The legend of St. Margaret , 1380sA pack of hunting dogs set on a wild boar in a notebook sketch by Giovannino de' Grassi, 1390s
Bird-hunting (Sagittarius) in a breviary (ÖNB 1842, fol. 6r), c. 1395-1405Partridge (fol. 65v),
quail (fol. 66),
turtledoves (fol. 67),
cranes (fol. 68v),
gazelle (fol. 69v),
hare (fol. 70), and
hunting (fol. 93),
Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Latin 9333), 15th centuryHunting (fol. 64), and hunting for
hare (fol. 64v),
partridge (fol. 67v),
pheasant (fol. 68),
turtledove (fol. 70),
crane (fol. 70v),
thrush (fol. 72), and
pheasant (fol. 72v),
Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673), 15th centuryGaston Phoebus' Book of the Hunt (BNF Fr. 616), beginning of the 15th century (more here ). Also use Mandragore for BNF Fr. 1291 (c. 1445-1450) and BNF Fr. 617 (beginning of the 16th century), or see Morgan Library M. 1044, fol. 45 (c. 1410).Sadoc hunting in Tristan de Lonois , BNF Fr. 97, fol. 1A wild boar hunt in the December illustration of Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry , c. 1412-1416Zenobia hunting in De mulieribus claris (BNF Fr. 598, fol. 148), 15th centuryA stag hunt in a border (base-de-page) , The Book of Hours of Margaret of Orleans (BNF Latin 1156 B, fol. 163), c. 1426
The Death of St. Giles Hunting a stag in the forest in the Book of Hours of Marguerite d'Orlans (BNF Lat. 1156B, fol. 163), c. 1430The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries (c. 1420-1450) can be found in V&A Access to Images ; search for Museum Numbers T.203-1957 (Swan and Otter Hunt), T.204-1957 (Boar and Bear Hunt ), and T. 205-1957 (Deer Hunt)
A hunter and dogs pursuing wild goats (Getty 27, fol. 82), c. 1430-1440Prince Tassilo Rides to Hunting Diana and her maidens hunt a stag in The Epistle of Othea (KB 74 G 27, fol. 59r), 1450-1475Hunting , Livre des prouffitz champestres et ruraulx (BNF Arsenal 5064, fol. 265), third quarter of the 15th centurySaladin and Torello di Stra in the Decameron (BNF Fr. 239, fol. 289v), 15th centuryHunting a wild boar in the Tacuinum Sanitatis (BNF Fr. 9333, fol. 93), third quarter of the 15th century Base-de-page detail, fol. 3 from a Benedictine breviary , c. 1450-1460Base-de-page detail, fol. 6 from a Benedictine breviary c. 1450-1460A rabbit-hunt in the background of Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown Off His Horse Three Incidents from the Battle of San Romano ) by Paolo Uccello, 1450sDetail from the Procession of the Young King Departing for the hunt in The Housebook , c. 1465-1500Esau gives up his birthright in the Speculum historiale (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 45v), 15th centurySadoc hunting in Tristan de Lonois (BNF Fr. 102, fol. 1), 15th centurySt. Eustace hunting in the Speculum Historiale (BNF Fr. 50, fol. 371v), 15th century Pond House from The Housebook Allegory of March: The Triumph of Minerva August , November (background), and December , The Grimani Breviary , c. 1490-1510Statuette of a falconer , c. 1495St. Gilles and the Hind May (fol. 6v) and June (fol. 8) in a book of hours (British Library, King's 9), c. 1500Phaedra departs for the hunt , Ovid's Heroides (BNF Fr. 874, fol. 31v-32), beginning of the 16th centuryTooled-leather hunting horn made in 16th century ItalyIvory horn carved with hunt scene , 16th centuryFols. 2r , 4v , 12v , and 80r in the Hennessy Book of Hours , c. 1530-1540
Hunt in Honor of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau detail of the stag hunt of Prince Johann Friedrich Illustrations from La Venerie by Jaques du Fouilloux, 1561Hunters in the Snow The hunter , Eigentliche Beschreibung aller Stände auf Erden , 1568Powder-horn with an engraved hunt scene , c. 1591-1600Hunting Countryside scene with hunters by Gillis van ConinxlooHunting horn made by Crétien, c. 1650
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