Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bestiary
England, possibly in Lincoln or York, ca. 1185
MS M.81 fol. 28r

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Bestiary: Dog identifying Murderer -- Man, wearing hat, seated with his legs crossed, holds spear in left hand, and with his right hand indicates group of seven men. One man with his right hand points to a second man pointing to murderer attacked by dog. A second dog crouches (outside frame) beneath corpse of master recumbent on ground.