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What is in this image? Describe it as if you were explaining it to someone from the 15th century.

Behold, a depiction wrought with the simplicity and elegance of line, presenting a wondrous bird perched gracefully upon a branch. This creature, though familiar in form with a sharp beak and proud crest—akin to those of the cockatoo or parrot known from distant lands—has been rendered in a manner devoid of color, as if prepared for one to bestow hues upon it. It boasts a stout body adorned with bands, suggesting feathers, and its eyes possess a lively spark, even in their monochromatic state.The bird''s plumage is suggested through careful outline rather than shade and tint; its tail and wings neatly contour alongside its perch. This image, in its uncolored state, serves not just to delight the eye but perhaps also to serve as a template, inviting one to apply their own choice of colors to bring the creature to vivid life. Such depictions are oft akin to tapestries awaiting the weaver''s thread, or like the pages of a book before the illuminator’s careful hand applies gold and azure.