Phoenix is even more of a problem - you can decide for yourself is the lower bird on BR151v is a phoenix, which Meiss/Kirsch unhelpfully describe as "strange winged creatures" (the last Grassi illumination in the Visconti Hours, BTW).
One of the Spanish libraries (Valencia?) has a manuscript of Ippolita Sforza (married an Aragon) who used the Phoenix as an impresa. Sorry I can't remember which manuscript but you might also check out this article for a possible clue: 'FA FINIRE UNO BELLO STUDIO ET DICE VOLERE STUDIARE.' IPPOLITA SFORZA AND HER BOOKS', Judith Bryce, Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, T. 64, No. 1 (2002), pp. 55-69 [JSTOR].
Bona di Savoia when regent of Milan (1476-1481) apparently issued coinage with the Phoenix as a reverse:
https://www.cronacanumismatica.com/bona ... -gadoury/
For Juno, I'd just use the Ovide moralisé, ms. Fr. 176, f. 57r, 1380-1390, Bibliothèque de Genève, Geneva:
For a variety of Peacock poses for the pips, don't neglect these two leaves in the Visconti Hours:
BR 35v and LF130v....the latter (rounded/full tail peacock) looks lifted from Grassi (this could be the "1"/ace):
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