The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Harpies ( - )

Mythological bird-women who tormented the damned. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-2940?rskey=0ZjKEl&result=1&q=harpies Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpies References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 588 Duo pugiles pedestres, cum Harpyijs comitantibus item ex ebore cælati, in concavo rotundo. 541 Two combatants on foot, accompanied by Harpies, carved in a hollowed disc of ivory. MacGregor 1983, no. 237.