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A Pelican in her piety decorating a Misericord in Lavenham Church Suffolk..In medieval Europe Pelicans were often depicted giving blood to their young as an attentive behavior in times of hardship as a result the pelican became a symbol for Jesus and the Eucharist and became a symbol in bestiaries for self sacrifice.
Author: David Tipling / Birdphoto.co.uk
David Tipling / Birdphoto.co.uk
Photo size: 18.2 Mpixels (52.1 MB uncompressed) - 5100x3571 pixels (17x11.9 in / 43.2x30.2 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: birds and people, carving, church, lavenham, medieval, misericord, pelican, pelican in her piety, piety, suffolk
Published in: ALL, Birds & People
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