Folio 70v - the saura, continued. De stellione; Of the newt.
Folio 71r - the newt, continued. De natura serpentium; Of the nature of snakes.
COMMENTARY
Text
The saura goes blind, enters a crack in the wall, faces the sun and regains its sight. The stellio or newt has spots over his body.
Illustration
The saura is shown crawling through a crack in a wall towards the sun in order to regain his sight.
Comment
Stellio has spots, but should have legs too. Initials type 2.
COMMENTARY
Text
The snake sheds its skin by scraping through a narrow crack in a rock.
Illustration
The snake squeezes through a slot in a narrow tower.
Comment
The straightforward snake is nonethless shown with wings. Although the text says the snake goes through a rima (crack) in a rock, most of the second family of Bestiaries show the snake going through a masonry tower. This image appeared due to a misreading of the word rima for ruina (ruin). Initial type 2.