05-01-2017, 04:32 PM
(05-01-2017, 02:11 PM)VViews wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The seahorse hypothesis is appealing to modern eyes because we base it on actual seahorses we have seen, such as the one in the photo above in this thread.
The problem is that in medieval times the representation of seahorses is elusive, and when the seahorse/hippocampus is depicted it tends to be as a rather literal horse of the sea.
Okay, but does that rule out the possibility that someone managed to somehow see and draw an actual seahorse? (Obviously I think the VMS is mostly derived from older and foreign sources anyway and should not be expected to follow the same conventions as other medieval books.)