Bestiary The Aberdeen Bestiary

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Folio 30r Illustration detail

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f30r illustration detail 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.

 

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