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"The Red Cross Collection: A Trainee Project" @ Oxford Libraries: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/the-red-cross-collection-a-trainee-project/ #library #specialcollections #RedCross #Bodleian
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@medieval_illuminations #TIL: the central arms (azure, a lion rampant argent) are those of Monhaut, a #Flintshire family:
https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/the-siege-of-caerlaverock/The arms of Clare are unmistakeable, & Baxter (1987) suggested other heraldic allusions to Berkeley & Bohun:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/751325This bestiary's dated to the 1240s, a time of turmoil. Marcher lords may have enjoyed dreaming of military surprise...
#medieval #heraldry #13thCentury #bestiary #ElephantAndCastle #Bodleian #elephant @medievodons