05-01-2017, 07:59 PM
(05-01-2017, 07:03 PM)Sam G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Maybe it is just an unusual dragon, but it does seem that many illustrations in the VMS look like something they "shouldn't" look like more than they look like the thing they are supposedly based on.
That's something to always keep in mind. I also believe many, if not most of the images are supposed to mean two or more things at once. That's the very reason why almost everything in the MS defies immediate identification.
The thing is that "dragons" in earlier periods were usually serpents. This one has more in common with medieval dragons. So who knows when it was added or copied wrong or reinterpreted or...
An interesting avenue of research would of course be to see if there is any plant that was linked to sea horses, perhaps because they ate it or lived near it.