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Dear all, I am looking for finds of medieval captive bears, preferably from the 13th century (yes I know, it is a bit specific). As far as I’m aware, this seems to be a very rare category of find. So far I’ve only found one article: H. Berke, Pathologische Veränderungen an einem Bärenschädel aus der mittelalterlichen Grabung Albansviertel in Köln (B.R. Deutschland). Acta Biologica Benrodis 4, 1992, 81–86 (Pathological changes.on a skull of brown bear from the medieval excavation Albansviertel in Cologne (F. R. Germany)). A second promising title would be A. Ervynck, „De beer die woonde op de burg...“: mens en dier in een vroegmiddeleeuwse versterking. In: H. De Witte (ed.) De Brugse Burg. Van grafelijke versterking tot moderne stadskern. Archeo-Brugge 2 (Brugge 1991) 170–180 (The bear that lived in the castle…), which I try to get via our library. Does anybody know other titles? I would be also very interested in literature on medieval bear-pits and/or dancing bears. Any help would be much appreciated. Rengert Elburg