The Phoenix, a fabulous bird which at the end of life makes a nest which it sets on fire, burns itself to ashes, then comes to life again. From Prodigiorum ac ostentorum , 1557, by Conrad Lycosthenes.

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The Phoenix, a fabulous bird which at the end of life makes a nest which it sets on fire, burns itself to ashes, then comes to life again. From Prodigiorum ac ostentorum , 1557, by Conrad Lycosthenes.

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