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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. 16v–17r
Description:
Sirens
These sirens—part bird, part fish, part woman—personify lust, and were thought to lure sailors to their death with their beautiful songs.