Image of Two birds. Cranes, illustrating the text that cranes took it

Two birds. Cranes, illustrating the text that cranes took it in turns to sleep: in...

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Image title: 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 that if danger approaches it can wake the others. Fable.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds England, S. (Salisbury?) Language: Latin Source/Shelfmark: Harley 4751 f.39 Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: animal / book / bird / written language / crane / animal categories / text / visual works / document / illustration

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