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Folio 47r Illustration detail

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f47r initial illustration detail 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.

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