The Images of Birds in the Ancient Floor Mosaics from Bulgaria from an Ornithological Aspect: Species, Origin and Trade Relations (2nd – 6th c.e.)

Zlatozar Boev

National Museum of Natural History – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

https://doi.org/10.53656/nat2025-1.06

Abstract. An attempt has been made to present, summarize and interpret some monuments of fine art from the 2nd – 6th c. A. D. in Bulgaria, which have preserved mosaic images of birds. The modern distribution of some of the depicted birds points to contacts in antiquity with the lands in the Horn of Africa and Hindustan.

Keywords: fine art; history of art; animalistics; ornithological motifs; cultural heritage

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