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Scholz, Bernhard Walter Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories. University of Michigan Press. Einhard and Notker the Stammerer: Two lives of Charlemagne 7 ed. Retrieved from " https: As they journeyed home, the elephant and the ruler forged a lifelong friendship. A primitive yet joyful art style brings the story close to children, but photographic artifacts from Charlemagne's reign are interwoven, giving the visual element depth.

Though the relationship between Abu and Charlemagne is tender, perhaps the best part of this shows the easy, generous friendship between two powerful, very different leaders.

The Elephant from Baghdad

The team behind A Giraffe Goes to Paris continues its pursuit of historic megafauna with this tale of Abu the white elephant, sent to Charlemagne by the caliph Harun al-Rashid. Though the story shares many of its predecessor's attractions-the wonderful outlandishness of the idea of taking a huge animal on a long journey, the delight of human-animal bonds-it suffers a bit by comparison. The medieval monk Notker the Stammerer provides narration as the ambassadors from Charlemagne's court arrive in Baghdad to find "artists, musicians, scholars, mathematicians, architects, and poets The Europeans were treated to concerts and fine meals, even sherbet made of snow.

The journey back to Aachen and Abu's somewhat quiet relationship with Charlemagne may leave some readers feeling wistful-too bad they couldn't all have stayed in warm, lively Baghdad.

The Elephant from Baghdad by Mary Tavener Holmes

Yet the eye-opening depiction of a city now known as a war zone as a paradise is worth the price of admission. Gr Harris, Holmes, and Cannell draw on early sources and art to tell this tale of a long-ago special friendship that developed between the caliph of Baghdad and Charlemagne.

Here it is Notker the Stammerer, a monk who in fact wrote a chronicle of Charlemagne's life. He explains that the emperor was curious about the legendary Harun al-Rashid and "sent some trusted men of his court Wanting to give Charlemagne a gift "fit for a fellow emperor," he gives him his prized albino elephant.

The splendors of Baghdad lose a bit of their luster in Cannell's homely, naive drawings, though the long return journey by foot with the white elephant bearing a huge mechanical clock atop his back is aptly suggested. Oddly, the travelers seem to have no other baggage, and there's no sign of the multitude of other costly gifts they received.

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A broad map conveys the long route to and fro, and inserted reprints show a lifelike bust of Charlemagne, a stylized painting of Harun al-Rashid, and a silk cloth woven with elephants found in Charlemagne's tomb. The extreme journey is intriguing, Charlemagne's love for the elephant is heartwarming, and for readers becoming interested in history, this tiny glimpse of the eighth-century world is an inviting introduction to that era.

The authors include closing notes on Notker the Stammerer and the magical mechanical water clock. Thank you for using the catalog. Relates the story, told by a monk named Notker the Stammerer, of how the Emperor Charlemagne sent an ambassador to Baghdad, the center of the Muslim world, to learn about the great ruler in the East, Haroun al Rashid.

Includes notes on the factual basis of the story.

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