Légende

A heron on the water. A wading water bird with long neck and beak, c1230s. From Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds.

Date

1230

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_369

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63,1Mo (4,4Mo) / 42,0cm x 37,6cm / 4960 x 4446 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait animal wildlife water England library fish three bird birds country shape round body bodies science British English color fishes beak heron eel eels bill neck medieval text location circular century Britain ink biology concept behaviour British Library manuscript lettering shorebird illustrated wading bird ornithology water's Edge Colour aquatic life Waters Edge mediaeval Middle Ages Latin text Thirteenth Century 13th century feeding bestiary illuminated manuscript vellum illustration manuscript animal behaviour Unknown ink on paper Wales Gerald of Wales Gerald de Barri Barri Giraldus Cambrensis Latin Script Ardeidae Heritage Art Harley Psalter Gerald of Gerald de 1230s