Worksop Bestiary
ca. 1185
England, possibly in Lincoln or York
215 x 155 mm
MS M.81, fols. 16v–17r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1902
Catalog link
Sirens
These sirens—part bird, part fish, part woman—personify lust, and were thought to lure sailors to their death with their beautiful songs.