Folio 48v - the swallow, continued. De ciconia; Of the stork.
Folio 49r - the stork, continued.
COMMENTARY
Text
The swallow twitters and flies across the sea. The stork makes a creaking sound with its bill.
Comment
Two text corrections in the margin:Two text corrections in the margin: ad diversa [correcting ‘adversa’]; accedit [correcting ‘antecedit’]. Initial type 2.
COMMENTARY
Text
Storks eat snakes.
Illustration
Two recognisable storks in a roundel. One is eating a frog, not the snake mentioned in the text and the other may be snapping its beak together.
Comment
Although the stork is only recorded once in the middle ages as a visitor to Britain, the Aberdeen artist has created a remarkably accurate portrait of the bird (and the frog). The original source for the illustration must have been made on the Continent by someone who had observed storks. There is a quire mark ('h') at the bottom centre of the page.