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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. 77v–78r
Description:
Dragon
The dragon suffocates the elephant by tying it up with deadly knots, identified by the bestiary as being like the Devil, “the most monstrous serpent of all.”