sǣ-brōga

sǣ-brōga, m.n: sea-terror. (SAE-BROH-ga / ˈsæː-ˌbroː-ga)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed man holding a flag and looking behind him at the sea, which is filled with a variety of monsters.
Petrus de Ebulo, De balneis puteolanis; Italy (Naples), 14th century; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 8161, f. 6r. [gallica.bnf.fr]

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