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Royal MS 12 C XI, f.70v Snake shedding its skin, from 'Bestiary', c.1200-10 (ink, colour...

Royal MS 12 C XI, f.70v Snake shedding its skin, from 'Bestiary', c.1200-10 (ink, colour & gold on vellum)
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Royal MS 12 C XI, f.70v Snake shedding its skin, from 'Bestiary', c.1200-10 (ink, colour & gold on vellum)
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English School, (13th century) / English
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
ink, colour and gold on vellum
Date
c. 1200 AD - c. 1210 AD (C12th AD - C13th AD)
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According to Morgan 1982, the manuscript is stylistically related to the manuscripts of the Life of St Cuthbert , Cambridge, Trinity College o. I. 64, and Yates Thompson 26 (formerly Additional 39943), produced in Durham. Illustrations are classed as transitional between First and Second Families of Bestiaries by James (1928).

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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Germany / Europe / animal / decoration / bird / decoration / birds / wild / bestiary / animals / creatures / manuscript / medieval / 13th / illumination / gold / english

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