Early Gothic: Section Three

Bestiary Lines 6-10
DE GRIFE
Grifes uocatur; quod
sit animal penna-
tum.et quadrupes. hoc
genus ferarum in hiperbo-
reis nascitur locis uel
CONCERNING THE GRIFFIN
It is called Griffin because
it is a feathered animal
and four-footed. This
type of wild beast is born in
the regions at the Back of the North Wind (Hyperborean),

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