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Folio 81r f81 Text: The etymology of man Illustration: Isidore sits an a chair, writing on a sloping desk the words '(ysid)oris (de) natu(ra) hominisI' Isidore, Concerning the Nature of Man. Below this is the colour indicator 'harie' = aerus= sky blue. James interprets this as hane. The picture is damaged. Folio mark * bottom left.

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