"De arte
venandi cum avibus" - "The Art of Hunting with
Birds" is one of the oldest books on falconry.
Friedrich II of
Hohenstauffen wrote it about 800 years ago and
descibed all aspects of falconry, which is still
valid today. He documents in an impressive manner
the acme of European falconry. It does not
astonish that the German falconry language uses
also today the medieval expressions like
"Geschüh", "Haube", and so on.
The cradle of
falconry is probably the South Asian steppe and
was known long before the Nativity by the peoples
of Assyria, Egypt, China, Japan, India and Central
Asia.
Today the art of
falconry is appreciated specially in the
Arabien World, but also in Europe and America
the tradition of falconry is increasing.
