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Bestiary - caption: 'Siren enchants sailors'

ID: 025311

 

Title: Bestiary

 

Provenance:

England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240

 

Caption: Siren enchants sailors

 

Notes: (Miniature) A Siren, portrayed with a fish's tail like a mermaid, lulls sailors to sleep with her song. One sailor stops his ears with his fingers to avoid hearing her.

Image taken from Bestiary.

Originally published/produced in England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240.

 

Language: Latin

 

Source identifier: Harley 4751, f.47v

 

British Library Shelfmark: Harley 4751

 

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