Detail showing the cast-in repair on the top of the animal’s head (see red overlay). Aquamanile in the Form of a Rooster, Germany (Lower Saxony), 13th century, H. 25.2 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1989, inv. 1989.292). See Barnet, Peter, and Pete Dandridge, eds. 2006. Lions, Dragons, and Other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press..