Medieval Bestiary : Image Source

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Sea-stag

The sea-stag is a hybrid beast that is part stag and part fish. The text says it tricks birds into landing on it so it can eat them, but the artist has drawn it eating a fish.

The image was obtained from the source listed below.

Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes

Manuscript

Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 (Liber de natura rerum), folio 113r

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Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes

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