Folio 8r Commentary

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f8r Text: The lion's enemies. The tiger.. Illustration: The horseman has stolen a cub and has been pursued by the tiger. The thief can stop the tiger by a trick: he throws down a glass sphere and the tiger, seeing its own reflection, stops to nurse the sphere like a cub. She ends by losing both her revenge and her child. There is a '*' on the top right corner to indicate the second folio of quire B. Pricking and ruling are clearly indicated. On the lower right edge the letter 't' is an initial indicator initial indicator. The initial is type 2. The illustration in detail