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Monday 19 May 2014

Birds in the Wren

The Caladrius, a mythical bird, heals a sick king. From Trin. Ms. R.14.9

Bird Iconography in a 13th Century English Bestiary

Here's my latest blog post over at the Trinity College Library blog. The text was originally written for an exhibition my colleague and I put together over two years ago, entitled "Birds in the Wren" (ha ha), looking at bird iconography, symbolism and representation from medieval manuscripts to Darwin's finches, to Owl in Winnie the Pooh.