flicerian

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flicerian, wk.v: to move the wings, flutter. (FLIH-cher-i-ahn / ˈflɪ-tʃɛ-rɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript historiated initial O in which a group of people are looking at a man wearing a mitre who is tied to the top of a tower, with a swarm of bees swarming around his head.
William of Tyre’s Histoire d’Outremer; N France, 1232-61; British Library, Yates Thompson MS 12, f. 120r. [bl.uk]

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