Title

Misericord depicting 'Pelican in their piety'

Caption

Misericord depicting 'Pelican in their piety', in medieval Europe pelicans were often depicted as being attentive in times of need when giving blood to young people, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Lavenham, Suffolk

Date

Oct 26, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/David Tipling

Reference

BRK22G14_283

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,6Mb (2,3Mb) / 17,7in x 12,4in / 5315 x 3722 (300dpi)

Keywords

15th century Artistically Aves Bird Birds British Church of St. Paul Europe Indoor shot Inn Inn river Interior photo Interior photos Interior shot Lavenham Middle aged North Europe Northern Europe Paulskirche Pelecanidae Pelecaniformes Pelican Pelicans St Peter St. Paul's Church St. Peter alert alertness animal animals animals in the wild aquatic bird art art work artistic arts artwork artworks attention attentive attentiveness bird photography building buildings church churches depiction depictions devout geography historic historical illustration image image motif indoor indoor photo indoors inside interior interiors journey juvenile juveniles need piety plight relief reliefs religious building representation river rivers sacral building sacred building structure travel destination travel destinations trip watchful water bird water birds waterfowl wild animal wild animals wildlife photography young Middle Ages Suffolk England mediaeval medieval Great Britain UK United Kingdom