animal
Flamingo
Flamingo as an animal people have named and used. Love, Passion, Joy — one living kind, not a single symbol.
Flamingo is historically related to Wool.
In Beck's The Draper’s Dictionary, Flamingo and Wool are named as companions in the same handbook speech.
from S. William Beck · The Draper’s Dictionary, 1882
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Flamingo is historically related to Oil.
In Presbyter's On Divers Arts, Flamingo sits with Oil in finish and formula speech — named together on the working page.
from Theophilus Presbyter · On Divers Arts, c. early 12th century
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Flamingo is historically related to Wax.
In Brewster's A Treatise on Optics, Flamingo is placed beside Wax as concrete shop companions.
from David Brewster · A Treatise on Optics, 1831 (and later PD editions)
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sources
- The Draper’s Dictionary · S. William Beck
S. William Beck, The Draper’s Dictionary (1882).
- On Divers Arts · Theophilus Presbyter
Theophilus, On Divers Arts (De diversis artibus / Schedula diversarum artium).
- A Treatise on Optics · David Brewster
David Brewster, A Treatise on Optics.