Aberdeen Bestiary, Folio 8r, Tiger, 12th century

Aberdeen Bestiary, Folio 8r, Tiger, 12th century
The horseman has stolen a cub and has been pursued by the tiger. The thief can stop the tiger by a trick: he throws down a glass sphere and the tiger, seeing its own reflection, stops to nurse the sphere like a cub. She ends by losing both her revenge and her child. - Aberdeen Bestiary, Aberdeen University

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