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Two birds. Cranes, illustrating the text that cranes took it in turns to sleep: in this miniature, four cranes are sleeping while the fifth stands on one leg with a stone held in its other claw so tha

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A bird on a perch. The head turned. Preening its feathers.

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Miniature of ostrichs, illustrating the text that ostriches will not lay their eggs until they see that the constellation Pleiedes has risen, usually in June. Then they lay their eggs and bury them in

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A pair of birds perched on a branch.

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A phoenix bird biting a branch, burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fa

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A black feathered bird. Head turned.

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Badgers, illustrating the text that when digging a hole, some badgers lie on their backs and pile earth which has been dug by other badgers onto their bellies; they then allow themselves to be dragged

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Two vultures perched on a branch. With food in their beaks. Birds of prey or scavengers.

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A large whale and a sailing boat, illustrating the text that a whale was so large and could go to sleep for so long, that men might mistake its back for an island, land on it, and try to light a fire

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Two parrots or exotic birds with long green feathers and short curved beaks. Perched on a tree. A pair.

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A bird on the ground, with wings folded and head turned.

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Two birds on the water. Ducks or geese.

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An owl with three smaller birds. Nocturnal birds.

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A knight on horseback and a tiger with a mirror, illustrating the text that a tiger can outrun a man on a horse, so in order to steal a cub and escape, the thief should throw down a mirror, and the ti

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Birds in flight. One bird grasping another by the neck. Hunting birds. Birds of prey.

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Page of illuminated manuscript with an illustration of a bird.

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Three birds in a group. On the wing. One diving for fish. Fishing.

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A bird sitting on a nest and a bird or winged animal with wings outstretched.

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A black bird with an object held in the beak. A cormorant or fishing bird.

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Illustration of a flock of birds in a Bestiary. Irish species of bird.

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Caladrius perching at the bedside of a king, illustrating the text that the bird has the power to foretell whether an ill patient will live or die. If the bird turns its back on the patient, the patie

Caladrius perching at the bedside of a king, illustrating the text that the bird has the power to foretell whether an ill patient will live or die. If the bird turns its back on the patient, the patient is sure to die; however, if the bird faces him he will live, Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century Author Giraldus Cambrensis.

Location British Library/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier AR9125253

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4682px × 6322px

Photo Credit © British Library Board / Robana / Art Resource, NY

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