Sujet
Friar Oderic of Pordenone holding a branch from a tree on which birds grow.
Légende
Friar Oderic of Pordenone holding a branch from a tree on which birds grow, being shown in turn by the local king, the Lamb Tree of Tartary, showing a lamb emerging. The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, legendary zoophyte of Central Asia, once believed to grow sheep as its fruit. The sheep were connected to the plant by an umbilical cord and grazed the land around the plant. When all the plants were gone, both the plant and sheep died. From The Strand Magazine published 1897. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.
Date
1897
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Notre référence
UMG23A65_046
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
45,0Mo (2,2Mo) / 43,2cm x 26,1cm / 5100 x 3086 (300dpi)