Gaston Phoebus 1331 to 1391 teaching the art of venery or hunting 19th century reproduction from 15th century miniature of Phoebus and his Staff Hunting Wild Animals and Birds of Prey

Le Livre de la Chasse (Book of the Hunt) of Gaston III Phoebus (1331-91), Comte de Foix. The deer hunt. 15th century manuscript. B.N., Paris

Le Livre de la Chasse (Book of the Hunt) of Gaston III Phoebus (1331-91), Comte de Foix. The deer hunt. Hounds, and mounted huntsmen blowing horns, chase a stag through a forest. In the left foreground hunt servants prepare to release more hounds.15th century manuscript. B.N., Paris