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The Whole Codex

A single page, every page. The complete index of folios, plates, breeds, essays, timeline entries, and excerpts that make up the Codex.

I

Cover

II

The Codex (essays)

Anatomy of the Cock— Comb, hackle, saddle, sickle, spur — the vocabulary of a bird
The Long Tail— Onagadori, Phoenix, and the breeding of a single ornament
The Shape of Courage— How a single bird became the emblem of three continents

III

Atlas of Breeds

Atlas of Breeds (index)
American Game— From the Spanish Main to the Carolinas
Aseel— Mianwali · Muff · The South Indian Strain
Asil— Reza · The Ancestral Game
Burmese Game— The Myanma Fighter
Malay— The Towering Game
Modern Game— The Victorian Aristocrat
Old English Game— The Carlisle and the Oxford
Phoenix— The Longtail Descendant
Shamo— The Japanese Fighting Cock
Sumatra— The Black Pheasant of the Indies
Thai Game— The Siamese Fighter
Yokohama— Minohiki · The Long-Crower's Cousin

IV

Chronicle

Chronicle (timeline)
Aristotle on the Cock— c. 350 BCE
The Cock in the Indus Valley— c. 1200 BCE
Out-and-Out Kelso's Last Main— 1948
The Shamo Becomes a Natural Monument— 1941
The Cock of Tomorrow— c. 1850
The Cockpit Goes Legitimate— 1835
Tarleton and the Gamecock— 1780
The Royal Cockpit-in-Court— 1605 CE
The Manasollasa: Cockfighting in the Chalukya Court— 1129 CE

V

Plates & Prints

Plates & Prints (gallery)
Heraldic Achievement— Original SVG by the Codex
Initial · G— Original SVG by the Codex
Mappa Mundi Gallinae— Original SVG by the Codex
The Pit, on Fight Day— Original SVG by the Codex
Cockerel Weathervane— Public-domain photograph
The Red Jungle Fowl— After John James Audubon
Plate VI — Thailändische Kämpfer— After J. Houdry
Kunstformen der Natur— After Ernst Haeckel

VI

Excerpts

VII

Indices

VIII

Reference