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A peasant woman as a bird-house. The birds entered     
by the mouth and nested in the head.                   
From the Ryazan region
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A peasant woman as a bird-house. The birds entered by the mouth and nested...

A man's figure carved to be used as a bird's nest.     
From the Ryazan region.
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A man's figure carved to be used as a bird's nest. From the Ryazan region.

Bird, carved wood, painted. From the top of a          
garret window from the Upper Volga region.
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Bird, carved wood, painted. From the top of a garret window from the U...

Harold's embarkation for Normandy.                     
Bayeux Tapestry ordered shortly after the Conquest     
in 1066 by William the Conqueror's half-brother Odon   
de Conteville.
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Harold's embarkation for Normandy. Bayeux Tapestry ordered...

King Harold II embarks for                             
Normandy, his falcon on his wrist.                     
Close-up of 31-01-01/2                                 
Bayeux tapestry, embroidery (11th)
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King Harold II embarks for Normandy, his falcon on...

Close up of King Harold II on horseback,               
his falcon on his wrist. He is shown either            
as a prisoner or guest of Count Guy de                 
Ponthieu in Beaurain Castle around 1064.               
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Close up of King Harold II on horseback, his falcon on his wrist....

The first meal ashore.                                 
Servants roast fowls on spits.                         
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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The first meal ashore. Servants roast fowls on...

Ancient Persian rooster motif                          
on a Byzantine or Persian silk.
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Ancient Persian rooster motif on a Byzantine or Persia...

Tangent circular designs.                              
Detail: stylized four-footed                           
creatures and birds.                                   
Batik
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Tangent circular designs. Detail: stylized four-fo...

The sudarium of St. Eusebius with eagles.
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The sudarium of St. Eusebius with eagles.

Double-headed eagle.                                   
Spanish silk
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Double-headed eagle. Spanish silk

Cape of Robert of Anjou.                               
Detail: Two peacocks.
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Cape of Robert of Anjou. Detail: Two peacocks.