Image of A man holding an asp. Legend that the asp puts

A man holding an asp. Legend that the asp puts one ear against the ground,...

IMAGE number: BL3288009
Image title: A man holding an asp. Legend that the asp puts one ear against the ground, and blocks its other ear with the tip of its tail, so that it could not hear a snake-charmer's spell.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds England, S. (Salisbury?) Language: Latin Source/Shelfmark: Harley 4751 f.61 Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th century
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: animal / book / snake / reptile / written language / snake / man / people / reptile / animal categories / text / visual works / document / male / one person / illustration

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Medium	735 × 1024 px	62 × 87 mm	1.0 MB

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