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Editorial Swallows, Hyrundo, flying to their nests under eaves or a building. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th c...
Editorial An animal with horns, and a tail. A domesticated animal or farm animal. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13t...
Editorial Two vultures perched on a branch. With food in their beaks. Birds of prey or scavengers. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd q...
Editorial A serpent or snake on a bank by water. An animal with prey in its mouth. A coluber. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter ...
Editorial A group of animals, including a ram, labelled 'Leena'. An animal with a forked tail, and wings. A nesting group. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambren...
Editorial Two animals. two kinds of reptiles, one with two heads. Scicalis and Anphivena. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter o...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. A horned sheep or goat. Ram. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th cent...
Editorial Two owls. A pair of nocturnal birds of prey. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Harley 4...
Editorial Birds in flight. One bird grasping another by the neck. Hunting birds. Birds of prey. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quar...
Editorial Pisces, winged animals with fins, and long tails. Amphibians or reptiles. Mythical creatures. Water creatures. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensi...
Editorial Page of illuminated manuscript with a miniature of a bird with a fish in it's beak. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter ...
Editorial A man holding an asp. Legend that the asp puts one ear against the ground, and blocks its other ear with the tip of its tail, so that it could not hear a snake-charmer's spell. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England,...
Editorial Page of illuminated manuscript. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Harley 4751 f.31. Lang...
Editorial A black feathered bird. Head turned. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Harley 4751 f.51...
Editorial 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...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. A stag with antlers. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Sou...
Editorial Birds in flight. Housemartins diving into water, collecting soft mud for nestbuilding. Plants. Bird life. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on I...
Editorial A group of animals. Beavers. Castor. A hunting party. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: H...
Editorial A snake biting its own tail, or that of another snake. Small snakes emerging through the adult's skin. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Iris...
Editorial A mythical beast with long legs and a long neck. Tail. Leucca. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century...
Editorial An animal with a ring in its nose. Stocky thick strong body and horns. A bull. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of ...
Editorial A man shooting arrows at wild goats, one of which is eating foliage. A hunting scene. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quar...
Editorial A small group of cats, and a mouse, and a mouse or rat feeding on eggs. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13t...
Editorial 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 out of the hole backwards by a piece of wood held i...
Editorial A wild animal. Ursa, a bear. With a smaller animal or young cub. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th centu...
Editorial A cockerel with red tail feathers and coxcomb. A hen with chicks. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th cent...
Editorial Three horses with different colours and attributes. Animals. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. ...
Editorial 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 fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again fr...
Editorial An elephant and a serpent in a struggle. The snake like body wound around the large animal. Mythical creature. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis...
Editorial A group of animals. Beavers, Castor, being pursued by a group of hunters. Hunting as a sport. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Illustrating the text that the beavers' testicles had healing pro...
Editorial A group of men killing a unicorn that has been lured into a maiden's lap. A mythological tale. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds....
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. A horned cow. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Ha...
Editorial Pica, a black and white bird with long tail. Elongated neck and long beak. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the ...
Editorial One animal. A donkey. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Harley 4751 f.29. Language: Latin.
Editorial A flock of sheep. Domesticated or farm animals. with wooly coats and horns. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the...
Editorial Two parrots or exotic birds with long green feathers and short curved beaks. Perched on a tree. A pair. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Iri...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. A hunting scene. A spear through a large animal's neck. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2...
Editorial A hydra swallowed by a crocodile. The hydra head bursting through its side. Two animals. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd q...
Editorial A bird on the ground, with wings folded and head turned. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Sour...
Editorial A flock of small birds. Pafferes. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Harley 4751 f.56v. ...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. A mythical beast. Unicorn. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th centur...
Editorial Three birds in a group. On the wing. One diving for fish. Fishing. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th cen...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. An animal, horse or cow with extended neck. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter o...
Editorial Three large birds of prey. Eagles, one holding a fish, one rising from the water, and one with its head in the water diving for food. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts fro...
Editorial A black bird with an object held in the beak. A cormorant or fishing bird. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the ...
Editorial A 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 ...
Editorial A wild animal. An adult mother bear licking her cub, to give it its shape. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the ...
Editorial Page of illuminated manuscript with a miniature of a swan with a fish in it's beak. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter ...
Editorial Two birds on the water. Ducks or geese. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Harley 4751 f...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. An animal with a hump. Camel. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th cen...
Editorial An animal fixed to a pole. A scorpion or insect. A human hand. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. ...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. A pig suckling her piglets. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th cent...
Editorial Three salamanders or snakes writhing through flames of fire. Invertebrate animals or reptiles. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds....
Editorial A bird on a perch. The head turned. Preening its feathers. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. So...
Editorial Three animals. A salamander, or snake. A reptile or lizard. A small animal being stepped on by a human foot. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis o...
Editorial A bird with a long neck feeding its young in the nest. One large claw clamped on the body of a snake. Person in the background. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Gi...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. A cow being milked by a farmer. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th c...
Editorial A serpent with wings, passing through an object. Showing the snake sheds its skin by crawling through a narrow hole. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Camb...
Editorial A pair of birds perched on a branch. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Harley 4751 f.52...
Editorial A group of pelicans, Pelicano. Sea birds. On the left side of the miniature, the pelican kills one of its young. On the right, it revives it by feeding it his blood. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisb...
Editorial Decorated initial 'B'(estiarum). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England , S. (Salisbury?); 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Harley 4751, f.1. Language: Latin.
Editorial A donkey, Asinus, being led towards a water wheel by a man with a stick and a whistle. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd qua...
Editorial Two mythical creatures facing each other. With tails. Human torsos. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th cen...
Editorial Hunting scene. An antelope and a man with an axe. The antelope has caught its saw-like antlers in a shrub, giving a hunter the chance to kill it. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, wit...
Editorial A bird sitting on a nest and a bird or winged animal with wings outstretched. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of t...
Editorial A scribe writing the Gospels of Kildare. Works of Giraldus Cambrensis, Henry of Saltrey, and Alain de Lille, in Latin. Topographia Hibernica. England [Lincoln?]; circa 1220. Source: Royal 13 B. VIII, f. 22 detail.
Editorial An ibex deer, with three hunters: one with a horn, another with a bow, and an third with an axe, and two dogs. A sporting scene. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). llustrating the text that the ...
Editorial A castle with doves emerging from the battlements. Birds. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Sourc...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. Two goats eating foliage from a tree or plant. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarte...
Editorial Animals being attacked or preyed upon by mythical creatures. Serpents with wings. Domesticated animals. Cow and horse. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Ca...
Editorial An owl with three smaller birds. Nocturnal birds. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Har...
Editorial Blures and hedgehogs. Small animals. A grape vine plant. Hedgehog carrying the fruits on its prickles. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Iris...
Editorial A goose hissing at a fox who is carrying a goose in his mouth. Predator and prey. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter ...
Editorial An animal with a long woolly coat and long horns reaching up to graze. A mountain goat. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quar...
Editorial An animal with long limbs feating on the body of another animal. Hunting. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 1...
Editorial The siren, Syrene, or mermaid who holds a fish emerging from the sea. A boat with two men in it, one rowing. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis o...
Editorial A hunting scene. Men using birds of prey, hawks catching ducks. Sport. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th...
Editorial Birds hanging from branches by their beaks. Roosting. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source:...
Editorial Illustration on page of manuscript. A hunting scene. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source:...
Editorial Illustration of panther on page of manuscript. A herd of deer, stags with antlers, and a dog. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. ...
Editorial Page of illuminated manuscript. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Source: Harley 4751 f.33. Lang...
Editorial A male peakock bird, pavo, with his fan tail splayed out to show the eye markings. Two small brown birds. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on I...
Editorial Two ducks on the water. Drake and Mallard. Different plumage colours. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th ...
Editorial A group of animals. Deer with antlers. Stag hind and young deer. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th centu...
Editorial Two animals in motion. Running and leaping. Bulls or cows. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. So...
Editorial A sheep or goat. One animal with a wolly coat and horns. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century. Sour...
Editorial 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 the sand. The warmth of the summer is enough to hat...
Editorial An elephant with a wooden tower on its back, with soldiers with crossbows and other weapons. An armed animal used in siege tactics. Bestiary. England. Miniature of an elephant with a wooden tower on its back, with soldiers with crossbows and other weap...
Editorial Illustration of a flock of birds in a Bestiary. Irish species of bird. . Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds England, S. (Salisbury?)...