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Luttrell Psalter, f. 181: the man-serpent with a ram

Luttrell Psalter, f. 181: the man-serpent with a ram
Luttrell Psalter, England, about 1325 to 1335, British Library, Add MS 42130, folio 181. Look up the right-hand margin. A startled-looking man whose body turns into a winged serpent is carrying a blue ram on his shoulders, for no reason anyone has explained. Below the psalm, as if nothing strange were happening, a brick and timber watermill turns its wheel in the stream. Made for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, a Lincolnshire knight, the book is famous for exactly this mix of monsters and everyday farm life.

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