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Worksop Bestiary
England, possibly in Lincoln or York
ca. 1185
215 x 155 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1902
MS M.81, fols. 10v–11r
Description:
Centaur and Hedgehogs
A monocentaur (human/donkey hybrid) wrestles a snake. Below, two hedgehogs head home to feed their young with grapes speared on the smaller one’s spines.