To Liz and Graham: The best expert for medieval owls and their various symbolic meanings is Mary-Jo Arn, who has put together over many years a stunning collection of literary, iconogoraphic, exegetical and bibliographic materials on owls, in preparation of an apparently still unpublished article on Charles d'Orleans. She is a very kind and helpful scholar and can be reached at http://karolus.net, email: [log in to unmask] Best, Otfried %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%