Folio 26r Commentary
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f26r Text: the dove continued. As if apologising for the absence
of a portrait of the dove, the writer asks the reader to take pleasure
in the moral content of the text if he is unimpressed by the simplicity
of the picture. Dove and hawk. These birds sit on the same perch,
representing the clergy and the military, converted and sharing a monastic
life together.
Illustration: The dove and hawk perch facing each other under
a twin domed edicule. This page shows margins, one initial
type 2 and a folio mark
of two 'match sticks'. Below the illustration the lettering changes,
suggesting a broader quill was introduced.
The illustration in detail |
