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Folio 47v Illustration detail

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f47v  illustration detail f47v Text: Theswallow is a skilful nest builder and migrates. Illustration: the portrait of the swallow depicts the bird quite accurately with a forked tail, dark back and red breast. This precise depiction is also found in Ashmole and British Library Roy 12C xix(T).

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