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Celethi

The celethi (or selache, as Aristotle calls it, is a fish that sleeps so soundly it can be caught by hand, as this medieval person is doing. The artist has added feet and fur, not mentioned in the text.

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Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes

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

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