Folio 54r Commentary

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f54r Text: The partridge. These birds steal other birds' eggs. Illustration: One picture of a partridge has been excised. The lower one shows a bird stealing eggs from another's nest. The grey partridge lives in England, the rock, red-legged or Barbary partridge lives around the Mediterranean . The portrait is not very accurate of either type, but the text contains some truth. This is from Physiologus. The rubric is missing. There is pouncing around the lower picture. The illustration in detail