A serpent with wings, passing through an object. Showing the snake sheds its skin by crawling through a narrow hole, Bestiary, with extracts from Gira

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A serpent with wings, passing through an object. Showing the snake sheds its skin by crawling through a narrow hole, Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century

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