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The pomegranate was used as the personal emblem of [[Maximillian I]].
The pomegranate was used as the personal emblem of [[Maximillian I]].

==See Also==

* [[Pomegranate (Maplet)|Pomegranate according to Maplet's ''A Greene Forest'']]

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The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit bearing shrub or tree common throughout the Middle Ages. It symbolised birth and death because of its ability to bleed. A wounded unicorn was thought to bleed pomegranate seeds.

The pomegranate was used as the personal emblem of Maximillian I.

See Also