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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. 37v–38r
Description:
Bear
A mother bear licks her blind and formless cubs into shape—an allegorical reference to the creation of Adam.