Download Image of Aberdeen Bestiary - Owl - Public domain dedication image. Free for commercial use, no attribution required. Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.. Dated: 1300 - 1500. Topics: aberdeen bestiary, owls in medieval miniatures, illumination of books and manuscripts, illuminated manuscripts, owl

ID: 025709 Title: Bestiary Provenance: England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240 Caption: Owl mobbed by smaller birds Notes: (Miniature) An owl, venturing out in daylight contrary to its usual habit, is mobbed by smaller birds. Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/produced in England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. Language: Latin Source identifier: Harley 4751, f.47 British Library Shelfmark: Harley 4751 If you wish to purchase a high quality copy of this image, please place an order at Images Online imagesonline.bl.uk. The details from the above list should help you locate the images.

And here's some weird symbolism. Jays(?) nibbling at an owl's ear tufts. Or whispering advice? http://t.co/H2YaDYjKYg

The Aberdeen Bestiary, a beautifully illustrated manuscript that dates back to the twelfth century and which once belonged to King Henry VIII, can now be seen by the public for the first time at the the University of Aberdeen

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Tawny owl and magpie. English birds from 'The Ormesby Psalter'. MS.Douce 366. 13th c.

Owl, from the 'Geese Book' Gradual, made in Germany, 1507-10 (via).

The Aberdeen Bestiary is filled with paintings of animals that illustrate tales of moral behavior. You can now page through it online.

Leaf from an Antiphoner with decorated initial P; Netherlands; ca 1500

This manuscript was created ca. 1315-25 in the region of Ghent, likely for the woman depicted in the margin of fol. 171r. Combining both a Psalter and a Book of Hours, and including a series of hymns, this manuscript provided its owner with extensive texts for personal devotion. A series of thirty-three historiated initials provide visual associations with the readings, while its rich marginal drolleries would have delighted the reader. The illumination is in the style of the Master of the Copenhagen Hours (Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, MS. ThoU 547 4). Added prayers, as well as ownership inscriptions ranging from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries, attest to the long life and use of the manuscript. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.