XOT359197 Elephant and traditional ivory work, illustration from the \'Cynegetica\' by Oppian (tempera on vellum) by Italian School, (11th century); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy; (add.info.: Oppianus; now thought to be the name given to two, possibly three authors of the same name: Oppian of Corycus (fl.c.169) who wrote a poem on fishing (Halieutica); Oppian of Apamea (fl.c.211), author of a poem on hunting (Cynegetica), dedicated to Emperor Caracalla (188-217);); Italian, out of copyright.