Folio 47r Commentary

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f47r Text: The parrot has a hard beak and a tough skull. The ibis regurgitates snakes' eggs and carrion to feed its young. Illustration: the parrot is correctly painted in green and red, perched on a branch. The Indian roseringed parakeet was the only member of the parrot family known in Europe in the middle ages. The ibis regurgitates food to its young and holds a snake (not the snake's egg mentioned in the text) in its claw. The text refers to the sacred ibis which lives at the water's edge. However it eats insects, not carrion. One initial type 2, visible margins. The parrot illustration in detail The ibis illustration in detail