The presence of the quails in a Christian mosaic is particularly didactic. The Bible told us as near Mount Sinai, the Desert of Sin is described as “where the manna and quails were sent down” (ὅπου κατεπέμπφθη τὸ μάννα κ(αὶ) ἡ ὀρτυγομήτρα) during the journey of the Israelites out of Egypt.