Faculty of Design

Illustration

Gillian Goulet

Parrots

Around the 13th and 14th century, medieval Catholics saw parrots as pure and representatives of the Holy Family, and thus were valued pets for Popes. Parrots' feathers are unaffected by rain and the bird was seen as impeccably clean. At the time, this was associated with being unaffected by sin and being clean from sin, similar to the Holy Family in Catholicism.