Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bestiary
Northern Italy, ca. 1290
MS M.459 fol. 19v

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Bestiaire d'Amour: Stork and Offspring -- Two adult storks, beaks open, stand, leaning over two young placing their beaks in the open beaks of the adults.
Bestiaire d'Amour: Hoopoe nourishing Parent -- Adult hoopoe stands surrounded by three young, each holding feather in beak.