Folio 50v Commentary

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f50v Text: The owl is a dirty bird. The hoopoe is the dirtiest bird. Illustration: The rubric for the hoopoe is missing. The hoopoe has a comb-like crest and startling black and white bars across its body. The crest illustrated is more like a peacock's crest. Compare the totally different version of the hoopoe on f 36v. There is one initial, type 2. This is a Physiologus subject. The illustration in detail