Worksop Bestiary
ca. 1185
England, possibly in Lincoln or York
215 x 155 mm
MS M.81, fols. 77v–78r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1902
Catalog link
Dragon
The dragon suffocates the elephant by tying it up with deadly knots, identified by the bestiary as being like the Devil, “the most monstrous serpent of all.”