Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bestiary
Northern Italy, ca. 1290
MS M.459 fol. 22r

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Bestiaire d'Amour: Whale and Sailors -- Diving fish is next to two masted, tilted ship in which are four men.
Bestiaire d'Amour: Fox feigning Death -- Fox reclines on back, mouth open, tongue emerging; three birds fly above it.
Bestiaire d'Amour: Vulture -- Vulture stands on and eats from body of quadruped, reclining on its back.