![A dead white/pale grey bird on its back on a rock beside a lopsided tree with one full branch and one missing branch. There is a red background and a gilt frame on three sides. There is gothic text above the image and the manuscript page is very dark and appears to have been creased/folded. Image from Lippische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 70 [Der Naturen Bloeme], folio 54r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreia3iagwruawwsqfnz4oevlllplhs6m3mkm344ieneq6al647fp2oy)
A dead white/pale grey bird on its back on a rock beside a lopsided tree with one full branch and one missing branch. There is a red background and a gilt frame on three sides. There is gothic text above the image and the manuscript page is very dark and appears to have been creased/folded. Image from Lippische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 70 [Der Naturen Bloeme], folio 54r.
Medieval barnacle geese that missed the water when they fell from their originating tree died as in this image from a c1287 version of "Der Naturen Bloeme". #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #barnaclegoose #barnaclegeese
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![A stylised tree with blue and red flowers has black birds hanging from it by their beaks. Some of the birds appear to be stuck in the flowers. The tree is on a knob of ground with its branches hanging over greenish waves. There is a gilt rectangular background in the centre of the image and then a red background decorated with white shamrock-style outlines. It is framed by a three-sided blue outline and then a white decorated red square. Image from Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764 [Bestiary (Second Family)], folio 58v.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreidspkzqzisrgkf5rozothoaz4jigzk7mubcycwbxihktlcemtrne4)
![A pale gilt square frame with four red petals at each corner surrounds an image of a tree with five white birds hanging from it by their beaks. Two larger white birds are floating on the green wave beneath the tree. The image has a red background and the tree trunk is a darker red. The birds' feathers are drawn with black ink squiggles. Image from Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms-3516 [L'Image du monde / Bestiaire of Pierre de Beauvais], folio 205r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreihpqqm7gauobdjntp7ososw4cyiytcachuxxpdkwpjxpra3porgb4)
