Birds And People Gallery

19th century Stained glass window in St Cuthberts Chapel on Inner Farne Island Northumberland

19th century Stained glass window in St Cuthbert's Chapel on Inner Farne Island Northumberland depicting a pelican in her piety. The Pelican-in-her-Piety is an allegorical depiction of Jesus Christ, in both His sacrificial love and resurrection. In an age when literacy was limited, the image of the Pelican-in-her-Piety would have been recognisable and understood by everyone who saw it and was, in particular, interpreted as being symbolic of the Eucharist

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A relief from the walls of the tomb of Rahotep at Maydum Egypt dating to 2600 BC

A relief from the walls of the tomb of Rahotep at Maydum Egypt dating to 2600 BC. This offering list for the dead was typical for tombs for important people. Each box in the list names an item in heiroglyphs

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A Great Reed Warbler is cut free from an illegally erected mist net in olive grove Cyprus autumn

A Great Reed Warbler is cut free from an illegally erected mist net in olive grove Cyprus autumn. The bird would have been killed and sold as a delicacy to restaurants, known as ambelopoulia

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