#“Von der Schorppfen...”?
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scorpion catching a dog with its tail
in the "buch der natur" (book of nature) by konrad von megenberg, illuminated manuscript, alsace, ca. 1442-1448
source: Heidelberg, UB, Cod. Pal. germ. 300, fol. 211r
#the KdiH (Katalog deutschsprachiger illustrierter Handschriften) calls her a “siren”#hoewever the Heidelberg library cearly calls this illustration a “scorpion” that is depicted as a water snake with the head of a woman#can't quite read the title#“Von der Schorppfen...”?#ok nvm the next page in the manuscript explicitly describes it as a scorpion#15th century#medieval art#medieval creatures#buch der natur#konrad von megenberg#medieval beasts#medieval illumination
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