Cerberus from BL Lansdowne 728, f. 160v
Summary
Drawing of the three-headed dog Cerberus, a standing queen pointing to the entrance to the inferno, and below in a boat, the ferryman labelled 'Charon' reaches into the water towards people swimming (or drowning?), in Thomas Walsingham's Archana Deorum. Image taken from f. 160v of Archana deorum (a commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses), with index. Written in Latin.
Date
1300 - 1500
Source
British Library
Copyright info
Public Domain