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This panel consists of four square motifs, joined in a line. A melusine or double-tailed mermaid, symbol of worldly enticement, alternates with a centaur, originally thought to represent the savage Thessalonian horsemen. The centaur is a mythical creature of Greek origin with the head of a man on the body of a horse.

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