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A Siren and a Centaur   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Unknown – illuminator
Title
A Siren and a Centaur
title QS:P1476,en:"A Siren and a Centaur"
label QS:Len,"A Siren and a Centaur"
Object type Folio
Date about 1270
Medium "Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment"
Dimensions height: 191 mm (7.51 in); width: 143 mm (5.62 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,191U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,143U174789
institution QS:P195,Q29247
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Ms. Ludwig XV 3 (83.MR.173), fol. 78
lido.getty.edu-gm-obj5464
Inscriptions De sirena et honocentauro
Notes The Getty page title gives "centaur", but siren is usually paired with en:onocentaur in bestiaries (as inscribed here).
However, an ono ass or donkey) hybrid ought not have cloven feet which belong to an en:odd-toed ungulate, e.g., bull or antelope. More info at museum site
Source/Photographer LQG4HzWTVI95LQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

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