Folio 55v Commentary
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f55v Text: The phoenix. The bird rises from its ashes, a sign
of the Resurrection.
Illustration: A ventral view of the bird between two trees,
with wings out stretched and head to one side, possibly collecting twigs
for its pyre but also like Christ on the cross. Possibly a faint sketch
to left of initial F (type 2), in the margin. The rubric is missing.
This is a Physiologus subject.
The illustration in detail |
