Menagerie
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A menagerie is a collection of captive animals, frequently exotic, kept for display, or the place where such a collection is kept, a precursor to the modern zoo or zoological garden.
The Versailles menagerie during the reign of Louis XIV
The Tower of London housed England's royal menagerie for several centuries (Picture from the 15th century, British Library).
The Pavilion constructed by Jean-Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey in 1759 at the Habsburg menagerie, the contemporary Tiergarten Schönbrunn.
Robertson Royal Menagerie, 9 The Strand, London, c. 1820
Hanno (elephant)
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Hanno was the pet white elephant given by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X at his coronation. He was named Annon and Hanno after the Malayalam word Aana meaning elephant. Hanno, an Asian elepha
Sketch of Hanno and mahout, by Raphael, c.1514.
Baraballo and Hanno, Vatican Apostolic Library
Sketch of Hanno's memorial fresco and epitaph.