Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bestiary
Northern Italy, ca. 1290
MS M.459 fol. 16r

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Bestiaire d'Amour: Hydra -- Serpent with four heads, bleeding from wounds, turns one head toward man, right hand draped, raising sword with left hand.
Bestiaire d'Amour: Hydrus -- Tail of hydrus visible in mouth of crocodile, heads emerging from belly of crocodile.