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Folio 30r Commentary

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full folio image of f30r f30r Text: : the wind continued; the hawk who seizes other birds and ignores its young. Illustration: The hawk grips its frame and twists backwards aggressively. The gilding of the initial 'A' overlaps the frame of the illustration, indicating that in this case the letter was gilded after the picture.

The illustration in detail

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