healfhunding

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healfhunding, m.n: Cynocephalus, one of a fabled race of half-canine men or men with dogs’ heads. (HEH-alf-HUN-ding / ˈhɛalf-ˌhʌn-dɪŋ)

Medieval manuscript image of a letter C decorated with a cynocephalus, a naked person with the head of a dog.
Odo of Asti’s Expositio in psalmos; Italy, 12th century; Morgan Library & Museum, MS G.51, f. 23v. [sites.nd.edu]

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