Michael L. Ryder
Forfatter af Sheep and Man
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Medieval Sheep and Wool Types 1 eksemplar
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- Andre navne
- Ryder, Dr M. L.
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- male
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- Wool Industries Research Association, Leeds, England
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- 45
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- #340,917
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- 4.5
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Michael Ryder combines clear writing and explanation with original research and notes from his travel into an astonishingly wide-ranging discussion of all aspects of sheep: morphology, archaeology, husbandry practices, breed development, you name it.
This is one of the most comprehensive books on any topic that I have ever seen.
It isn't perfect. If we asked a book this ambitious to be perfect, it would never get written. There's a mention of the crocheted shawls of Shetland (they're knitted). In one instance, Ryder was given some misidentified wool samples (all too easy to have happen); he corrected his assessment in a later publication when he discovered the problem. Other, far more complicated, items that I have researched in depth through other sources have all checked out.
Sheep and Man is the first place I go with questions about sheep history, development, and husbandry. Wow, what a book. I'm in awe. Even after many years' acquaintance.
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