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| The little miniature on a gold ground shows the partridge with a cheeky expression, guarding its eggs, or those of another partridge, demonstrating some of its fraudulent characteristics. Note the numerous abbreviations and use of hyphens when words are split at the ends of lines. This section is at the bottom of folio 52v. |
| English Bestiary, 12th century (British Library, Royal 12 C XIX, f.52v, 53r) All images by permission of the British Library. All images are made available by the British Library under a Creative Commons licence. |
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