Figure d'une beste nommée Huspalim

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Woodcut of an Ethiopian animal named the Huspalim. The image shows the Huspalim being clubbed by Ethiopians. It is about the size of a marmot, with red spotted skin. It subsists on wind, and its flesh must be heavily beaten before it is tender enough to be eaten.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1071. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.1071

Spatial Coverage

Ethiopia

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'une beste nommée Huspalim,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3137.