Dissertation on Birds of Prey and the Sport - the Falconry Heritage ...

Recommendations

Info

domestication or training of the falcon is an image used to symbolize many different levels and types of love, from sublimated courtly love, to erotic carnal love, to divine love and spiritual enlightenment, worthy of a synchronized flying demonstration in heaven. In early Italian poetry we find remnants of how falcons and hawks were portrayed in Provenqal poetry: the trained falcon, integral to courtly life in itself, symbolizes a participant in the love relationship, while, in Italy, the birds' fierceness is adapted to describe the psychology of the suffering of the poet in love. Nostalgic poets, such as Folgore da San Gimignano, exalt the practice of falconry and the courtly world that it evokes in an uncomplicated manner. Changes in poetic style with the advent of the Dolce Stil Novo cause falconry images to seemingly fall out of favor, along with other animal imagery that was used extensively in previous poetry. At the same time, and through the rest of the Trecento, falcons hold their ground in the sensual and narrative poetry of madrigals. Meanwhile, Dante uses the falcon's symbolic potential quite differently in his Cornmedia. The concept of training and domesticating falcons to do the bidding of humans, seen previously in representations of secular love, can be extended to encompass the idea of training the human mind and the soul to search for the highest love, not simply secular but divine. The falconer in charge of both the falcons in training and those who are fully trained and joyful in Paradise is, of course, God, the divine falconer who spins the ultimate lure, the heavenly spheres. This use of falcons to illustrate the journey and education of the soul is akin to Dante's use of cranes to illustrate his quest to write the
highest type of poetry, as well as the spiritual quest of all souls who journey to God like migrating birds. As the Renaissance approaches in Italy and the composition and priorities of society change, the conventionalized courtly significance of falcons and hawks loses its validity. The symbolic role of these falcons and hawks is revised in parallel with the redefinition of the sort of people who practice the sport, and the old chivalric values are looked back upon with nostalgia. The portrayals of falcons and hawks in novelle of the Trecento reflect these changes. Appropriated by the rising middle class, the falcon falls off its pedestal.
Page 1 and 2:
Birds of Prey and the Sport of Falc
Page 3 and 4:
O Copyright by Teresa Flora Lucia G
Page 5 and 6:
Birds of Prey and the Sport of Falc
Page 7 and 8:
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Page 9:
This dissertation is dedicated to m
Page 12 and 13:
medieval Italian literature is the
Page 14 and 15:
poetry. The Sicilians adopt quite a
Page 16 and 17:
CHAPTER 1 : Falconry as symbols bef
Page 18 and 19:
The ancient Greeks and Romans did n
Page 20 and 21:
hawk. The hawk responds that it is
Page 22 and 23:
If a falcon sees the dead body of a
Page 24 and 25:
The popularity of falcons and hawks
Page 26 and 27:
animali, including a section on fal
Page 28 and 29:
Hrabanus Maurus, in his eighth cent
Page 30 and 31:
earlier; second, that there is a pe
Page 32 and 33:
evolution of the late medieval view
Page 34 and 35:
chapter that consists entirely of a
Page 36 and 37:
century, is not spiritual, but a vo
Page 38 and 39:
conveying the idea of Caesar's fier
Page 40 and 41:
on falcons and hawks, telling about
Page 42 and 43:
it is made typically of something t
Page 44 and 45:
Having established the popularity o
Page 46 and 47:
circle of acquaintances to illustra
Page 48 and 49:
C'una noch sornnav' en pascor Tal s
Page 50 and 51:
Amors o fai si com lo bons astors q
Page 52 and 53:
chosen a mate so far above him in e
Page 54 and 55:
Inferno, Chaucer is in this place t
Page 56 and 57:
tercel eagle states that she should
Page 58 and 59:
she gave in for fear that he might
Page 60 and 61:
CHAPTER 2: Falconry in Duecento and
Page 62 and 63:
nonexistent in the poetry of the sc
Page 64 and 65:
da c'omo vene tosto a compimento. B
Page 66 and 67:
It seems as if the text were meant
Page 68 and 69:
We find here the image of the nibbi
Page 70 and 71:
to be forceful like the sparrowhawk
Page 72 and 73:
10 va' vedere, e par tenere, lo suo
Page 74 and 75:
e disleale, larone e traito, che wo
Page 76 and 77:
volgesi a1 grido, quand' egli e sta
Page 78 and 79:
the hunter. In the stanza in which
Page 80 and 81:
practice of falconry does not carry
Page 82 and 83:
celebrates throughout his corona-in
Page 84 and 85:
These crows and vultures, disagreea
Page 86 and 87: previous ladies who inspired poets,
Page 88 and 89: y Guido Cavalcanti. Matteo Correggi
Page 90 and 91: who far from being beyond the reach
Page 92 and 93: - I' mi son qui selvaggia pasturell
Page 94 and 95: The ladylfalcon is much less hostil
Page 96 and 97: la carta de le regole d'amore, dove
Page 98 and 99: The ways in which falcons and crane
Page 100 and 101: crane" among poets, Dante feels a f
Page 102 and 103: hitless.* Like the other servants o
Page 104 and 105: esponsibility and order, is, howeve
Page 106 and 107: Unlike the birds in Inferno, the fa
Page 108 and 109: Bastiti, e batti a terra le calcagn
Page 110 and 111: Bonagiunta portrays Dante's being i
Page 112 and 113: (Purgatorio XXVI, 133-5) The crane
Page 114 and 115: compared to them have reached the g
Page 116 and 117: source of the formation of letters,
Page 118 and 119: a me medesima uscita di mente, non
Page 120 and 121: E la madre questo vedendo vuole mor
Page 122 and 123: Upon hearing that it was an old man
Page 124 and 125: tal es mon talens, Ke m'inervia d'o
Page 126 and 127: expectation of the class status of
Page 128 and 129: Ardito avendo uno suo figliuolo nom
Page 130 and 131: "'tua figliuola B stata si vaga del
Page 132 and 133: Monna Giovanna re-enters his life w
Page 134 and 135: a "miglior massaio" in a society co
Page 138 and 139: BIBLIOGRAPHY Aelianus, Claudius. De
Page 140 and 141: Consoli, Joseph P., ed. The Novelli
Page 142 and 143: Lewis, C. S. Allegory of Love: a St
Page 144: . Transcription and Visual Poetics
show all

Dissertation on Birds of Prey and the Sport - the Falconry Heritage ...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?