Philosopher’s Union Series, The Red Room, 12 April 2014

Mikita BrottmanMaryland Institute College of Art

Hyena Theory

Hyenas anti-car crime commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKAjgqqS74s

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 1444b, Folio 247v A hyena has eaten a human corpse, saving the head for last.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 10448, Folio 119r Two-legged hyena

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 14429, Folio 111r Pink hyena with horns

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 3630, Folio 78r Hyena’s lunchbox

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 6838B, Folio 6r

Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, Folio 15r

Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 151, Folio 13v

Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 88, Folio 9v

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 10448, Folio 119rA hyena wearing a spotted collar and belt vomits elegantly

British Library, Harley MS 4751, Folio 10r

British Library, Royal MS 12 C. xix, Folio 11v

British Library, Royal MS 2 B. vii, Folio 103r

British Library, Royal MS 2 B. vii, Folio 103v

Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio 9r

Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 3466 8º, Folio 34rA hyena approaching what may be a gate to a graveyard. The beast has

something in its mouth; it may be a bone (a human spine?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, Folio 59vHyena with hooves

Morgan Library, MS M.81, Folio 14v

Museum Meermanno, MMW, 10 B 25, Folio 7v

From The Historie of Four-Footed Beastes, by Edward Topsell, from 1607,

Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, Folio 17vNote the genitals on this hyena

National Geographic Clip on female spotted hyenas:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icx5TucPZpw