The fire has been a fear in recent times. Saint Florian, whose feast falls on today, was supposed to act as a protector against this element - he is also the patron saint of firefighters.
Gradual in Lomnice nad Popelkou XVII A 53b (fol. 186r, boys in the fiery furnace)

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Nothing to see here, just a totally normal choir of geese (and a fox) for today’s 🦊🐥
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Gradual (“Geese Book”), MS M.905 (vol. I, fol. 186r), Nuremberg, Germany, 1507.

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A Christmas Carol
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Geese Book, c. 1507-1510, Ms. M.905 I, fol. 186r
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