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Pelican feeds its young with its own blood
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Pelican as a symbol of Christ nesting in a crown of thorns and feeding its young with its own blood. The bird resembles a bird of prey such as an eagle. A snake with a bird's head coils around a cross. In the explanatory verse, the bird is called a pelican.
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Credit linePelikaan voedt zijn jongen met zijn eigen bloed. 1639 - 1689. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
