Folio 59v Commentary

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f59v Text: The peacock . Its name pavo comes from the sound of its cry. Its meat is hard and difficult to cook. Illustration: A fine portrait including the peacock's tail. The text says the bird is very hard to cook. In fact the peacock was a great aristocratic delicacy but perhaps it was not often eaten by the clergy involved with producing the text. The illustration is pricked all around for pouncing. The frame overlaps the initial, type 2. The illustration in detail