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Phoenix burns and is resurrected

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BL3264486
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Phoenix burns and is resurrected
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British Library, London, UK
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Bestiary England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240 Language: Latin Source/Shelfmark: Harley 4751, f.45 (Whole folio) Two illustrations of the life-cycle of the phoenix, a bird which lives for five hundred years, then burns itself on a funeral pyre and rises from the ashes as a worm which becomes a bird once more. Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/produced in England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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mythology / bestiary / fictional creature / greek mythology / mythical beast / art genres / phoenix
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Medium 745 × 1024 px 63 × 87 mm 1.1 MB

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