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Tales from the ‘Coilte’
Drawing of 'Courte-pointe du XIIIe siècle' embroidery, From Les Toiles Brodées
Drawing of 'Courte-pointe du XIIIe siècle' embroidery, From Les Toiles Brodées
Figure 10
Drawing of 'Courte-pointe du XIIIe siècle' embroidery
From Les Toiles Brodées, Anciennes Mantes ou Courte-pointes conservées a l'Hôtel-Dieu de Reims by Charles-Prosper Givelet
1883
Note the mermaid and the harpies (figures with the head of a man and the body of a bird) in the body; the hunter blowing a horn, his dog on a leash in the right border.
