Medieval cranes were frequently shown with red caps as well as gripping a stone as in this image from a 1425 German version of "De rerum naturis". #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #crane #cranes
Medieval cranes were frequently shown with red caps as well as gripping a stone as in this image from a 1425 German version of "De rerum naturis". #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #crane #cranes
Medieval bats were thought to have medicinal uses. Their blood was supposed to be able to regrow hair, except when applied to eyelids when it was said to guarantee that hair would never grow there.
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If their blood was drawn using a thistle, it was supposed to be able to cure snakebite. This bat is from the Lutterell Psalter (c1325-1340). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #bat #bats
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Medieval hedgehogs were said to harvest fruit (specifically grapes) by spearing fruit shaken off the tree/vine on their spines. This c1300 image shows one hedgehog in a tree doing the shaking and another hedgehog spearing the fruit. #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #hedgehog #hedgehogs
![A silvery grey crane with a red cap looking over its own shoulder. It holds a stone in one raised claw and has a curving wing. It has a long slender neck and a round head with a long pointed dark beak. It is shown against a blue background standing on a brown ground with red and white plants. Image from Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 291 [De rerum naturis], folio 100v.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/964/589/088/539/795/original/4e4c243b03db78fb.jpeg)
