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Royal 2 B VII f. 126v Vipers
Vipers
Description: Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two vipers (depicted as quadrupeds); the male viper is inserting his snout into the mouth of the female, who bites it off and thus conceives her young. 
Origin: England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?) 
Attribution: Queen Mary Master 


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