Medieval Birds in the Sherborne MissalThe Sherborne Missal, one of the greatest of English medieval manuscripts, contains a wealth of marginal illustrations of wild birds, painted with great skill and accuracy. From over 170 images, over half can be clearly identified to 40 species, and although many are imaginary birds and fantasies, the manuscript offers an unparalleled insight into a fascinating aspect of England's natural history in the middle ages. |
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15th century Amen artist barnacle goose Benedictine bergandir bird images bird names bird studies Birds appear bishop blue tit bornet brent goose British birds British Library bullfinch cayfynch 11 chaffinch characteristic coal tit cock and hen context cormorant crane 42 Duke England English names Enlargement familiar fanguis feature fieldfare fyne hen gannet goldfinch Herbert's heron hodicina house sparrow illuminated illuminated manuscripts included inscriptions late medieval Lectionary long-tailed long-tailed tit manuscript marginal birds MEDIEVAL BIRDS Middle Ages Middle English moorhen nobis notably ornithologists peacock pheasant pit panem places plumage portrayed possibly intended purely decorative purely ornamental recognisable robin 32 Roddok Rodduc robertus saints Sanctorale scribe scrolls seagull shape shelduck Sherborne birds Sherborne Missal Sherborne's abbot shrike sparwe 28 species spotted woodpecker Tayl mose teal Temporale throstil 37 tibi titmouse tuum Unidentified bird viuene or possibly wagtail Waryghanger Whas and Siferwas woodcock wren 31